Quick workout may calm anxiety in mental health patients
NCT ID NCT06304363
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a single 'Braining' group exercise session can quickly reduce anxiety in people receiving psychiatric care. Thirty participants will rate their anxiety before and after the session. The goal is to see if exercise can be a fast-acting tool to ease symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Braining (a structured group exercise program led by psychiatric staff)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a single exercise session provides quick relief from anxiety for people in psychiatric care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 30 participants. It only looks at immediate effects, not long-term benefits, and may not apply to everyone with psychiatric disorders.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2028
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Included in the retrospective study Physical Exercise as Adjunctive Therapy for Affective Disorder and Anxiety and has given informed consent to participation in a Braining booster session. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe psychiatric disorder such as mania and psychosis * Medical conditions such as heart- and lung diseases where PE is contraindicated. * Unable to understand written and spoken Swedish language.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Region Stockholm, Psykiatri Sydväst (Psychiatric Clinic Psychiatry Southwest)
Stockholm, Stockholm County, 14186, Sweden
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