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The study will adopt a between-within group design where participants will exercise at 1 of 4 intensities for 30 minutes at SportsPark Reading. Mood, mental health (e.g., state anxiety and immediate depressive feelings) and physiological parameters (heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature) will be assessed before and after exercise intervention to compare the acute change across time for each intensity condition (no exercise (control), low, moderate, high).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| High intensity | Experimental |
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| Moderate intensity | Experimental |
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| Low intensity | Experimental |
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| No exercise (control) | Placebo Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Spin Bike Exercise | Other | 30 minute spin bike class led by a qualified instructor. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline state anxiety | State subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measures both state and trait anxiety in adults; it can be used to distinguish whether individuals are experiencing anxiety. Trait anxiety refers to the participant's disposition to anxiety, whereas state anxiety measures the current anxiousness of participants and is more labile. STAI is a questionnaire consisting of forty self-report items. Subjects are asked to rate the intensities of anxious feelings on a four-point scale: not at all, somewhat, moderately so or very much so. Scores range from twenty to eighty, where higher scores correlate with higher state or trait anxiety. | In the immediate 10 minutes after the end of the intervention |
| Change from baseline current mood | Positive and Negative Mood Schedule (PANAS). This questionnaire contains 20 items consisting of 10 positive and 10 negative emotions. The participants indicate to what extent they feel each emotion right now on a 5-point Likert Scale of 'very slightly =1 or not at all' to 'Extremely= 5'. Adding up the total positive and negative scores will produce overall positive and negative mood scores. | In the immediate 10 minutes after the end of the intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline depressive aspects of mood | Immediate Mood Scaler (IMS). This questionnaire contains 22 items developed to assess dynamic components of mood. Participants are asked to rate their current mood state on a continuum using 7-point Likert scales (e.g., happy-sad, distracted-focused, sleepy-alert). For each item, an integer score between 1 and 7 is derived. The total score for this scale is the sum of the scores on all 22 items, where a higher score is indicative of better mood. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline blood pressure | In the immediate 10 minutes after the end of the intervention | |
| Change from baseline temperature | In the immediate 10 minutes after the end of the intervention | |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Reading | Reading | Berkshire | United Kingdom |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Control | Other | 30 minute completing seated activities (e.g., wordsearches) |
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| In the immediate 10 minutes after the end of the intervention |
| Change from baseline heart rate |
Measured by a chest strap heart rate monitor |
| approx. 1 hour in total |
| Change from baseline stress appraisal of intervention | The stress appraisal questionnaire captures 1) perceived situational and personal demands, and 2) personal resources. To the extent that perceived demands outweigh resources then individuals are anticipated to be in a "threat" state, whereas when resources outweigh demands individuals are expected to be in a "challenge" state. A questionnaire is given pre-task that captures stress appraisals after knowledge of the task is obtained but before the task itself. There is a post-task questionnaire that assesses individuals' perceptions of the demands and resources after the task. | In the immediate 10 minutes after the end of the intervention |