Targeting Physical Health in Schizophrenia: Physical Activity Can Enhance Life Randomized Control Trial

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL · Nov 20, 2019

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Overview of Procedures: The PACE-Life Group will be integrated into the Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP) outpatient clinics in Raleigh, NC and Carrboro, NC. The group walks will occur on a secure online platform (Zoom). Goal-setting groups and all assessments will also take place on a secure online platform (Zoom). Goal-setting will include setting goals for the upcoming week in terms of number of steps as well as how many intensity walks individuals plan to complete. Clinic-based group sessions will also include if-then plans and problem solving any issues that interfe...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • DSM-V diagnosis of a SSD (Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, and Unspecified Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorder)
• • Between the ages of 18-65, both genders, and any ancestry
• • Reading level \> 4th grade. Reading level will be measured by WRAT.
• • No hospitalizations for psychiatric reasons in the last 3 months
• • Clinically stable (no psychiatric medication changes within the past month)
• • Are not already engaging in consistent moderate-intensity exercise (cutoff = 60 min/week for the past 6 months)
• • Present with no contra-indication to engage in regular moderate intensity exercise based on the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines
• • Willing and able to provide informed consent or has legal guardian present to provide informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women will be excluded because pregnancy alters autonomic and immune responsiveness, increase weight gain, and can influence heart rate