The BRIDGES (In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise and Support) intervention
The BRIDGES (In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise and Support) intervention: Described above
Study summary
Together with teenagers, we have developed a new approach: BRIDGES, which stands for "In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise, and Support." BRIDGES aims to help young people with depression get moving again in their daily lives, at their own pace and in ways that are good for them.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
12 Years
Max age
19 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* All adolescents aged 12 to 19 with a diagnosis of depression who are receiving outpatient care through AREA+
* voluntary participation and accepting the randomisation
* being admitted at AREA+
* being able to stay focused for 30 minutes
* having a good knowledge of French
* physically inactive defined as not meeting the PA guidelines from World Health Organisation (28) following the corresponding age (i.e. at least 420 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) /week for those aged 12-17 and at least 150 min of MVPA /week for those aged 18 and 19 years
* living in Brussels
Exclusion Criteria:
* intellectual disability (defined as an intelligence quotient \< 70)
* participants with serious medical problems or medical precautions prohibiting higher-intensity exercise (e.g., severe metabolic disorders, oncologic disease, unstable diabetes) according to the recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Depressive symptoms — Throughout the entire study, during approximately 15 months Patient Health Questionnaire-9 modified for Adolescents (PHQ-A) The PHQ-A is a brief instrument modified to adolescents used to assess the severity of depression (41). It contains 9 items that are on a scale from 0 to 3, with the total score ranging from 0 to 27.
Physical activity levels — Throughout the entire study, during approximately 15 months Physical Activity Vital Sign (PAVS) The PAVS is a screening tool used to assess patients' physical activity levels (37). It consists of two questions: (a) on average, how many days per week do you engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity, and (b) on those days, how many minutes do you typically spend participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity? The product of these responses (days × minutes) provides an estimate of the patient's average weekly minutes of physical activity in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
AREA+, Epsylon
Brussels
Uccle
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