Principal Investigators
Ana Abrantes and Lisa Uebelacker
Status
Completed
In this 3-arm RCT, we examined behavioral interventions to increase physical activity in people with depression. Participants were randomly assigned to receive: a) brief advice to exercise (BA; a minimal treatment control group); b) BA + Supervised and Home-based exercise (SHE) + health education; or c) BA + SHE + a cognitive-behavioral group intervention targeted toward increasing motivation and reducing barriers to exercise (CBEX). We hypothesized that participants assigned to BA + SHE + CBEX would engage in more physical activity over the 12 week intervention period and during a 6-month follow-up than participants in the other two arms.