RT Journal Article
T1 Feasibility and effects of an exercise-based intervention in prison inmates with psychiatric disorders: the PsychiActive project randomized controlled trial
A1 Bueno-Antequera, Javier
A1 Oviedo Caro, Miguel Ángel
A1 Munguía Izquierdo, Diego
K1 Mental disorders
K1 Exercise
K1 Physical fitness
K1 Anthropometry
K1 Prisons
K1 CIRFD - Centro de Investigación en Rendimiento Físico y Deportivo
K1 CIRFD - AFS
AB Objective:To evaluate the feasibility and effects of a 12-week intervention combining aerobic and strength exercises in prison inmates with psychiatric disorders.Design:Two parallel-group, randomized controlled trials.Setting:A psychiatric prison hospital.Subjects:Forty-one men prison inmates (mean age ± SD = 38.2 ± 9.2 years, mean prison duration ± SD = 2.6 ± 2.5 years) with psychiatric disorders (primarily personality disorder, n = 27; mean illness duration ± SD = 12.0 ± 10.5 years).Interventions:Participants were randomly allocated to intervention group consisted of exercise plus usual care (n = 21) or control group which received usual care (n = 20) for 12¿weeks. The exercise programme included three weekly sessions of group-based moderate-to-high intensity combined exercises designed and supervised by exercise professionals.Main measures:Fitness and anthropometric measures were assessed using field-based tests (6-minute walk, Incremental Shuttle Walk, Arm-Curl, and Chair-Stand), handgrip dynamometry, bioelectrical impedance, and waist and hip circumferences.Results:There were no adverse events, and 10 intervention participants withdrew. The remaining 11 participants attended a mean of 28 sessions, of which nine met the compliance criteria. Between-group change differences substantially favoured the compliance intervention group for the 6-minute walk (+21.2%), Incremental Shuttle Walk (+33.9%), Arm-Curl (+13.8%), waist (¿3.5%), waist/height0.5 (¿1.7%) (¿2.7%), waist/hip (¿3.4%), and Body Shape Index (¿3.3%) (¿3.5%). Additional analysis showed beneficial effects of exercise participation on handgrip strength.Conclusion:The intervention was safe, had a high dropout rate, and seemed to be effective for improving fitness and anthropometric measures in men prison inmates with psychiatric disorders who attended and participated in the exercise sessions.
PB SAGE Publications
SN 1477-0873
YR 2019
FD 2019-04-24
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/7929
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/7929
LA en
NO Clinical Rehabilitation, 33(10), 1661-1671.
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla. Departamento de Deporte e Informática
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026