Can an app keep mental health patients exercising?
NCT ID NCT06628011
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether digital follow-up through a patient portal and exercise app can help people with mental disorders stick to a 12-week high-intensity interval training program. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either digital follow-up or standard care, with both groups doing supervised exercise sessions. The study measures changes in peak oxygen uptake, physical activity, quality of life, and healthcare use over one year. The goal is to see if this digital approach can improve fitness and long-term health outcomes in this population.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Digital follow-up via HelsaMi portal and exercise app, combined with high-intensity interval training
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could improve fitness and quality of life in people with mental disorders, potentially reducing sick leave and extending life expectancy.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small (40 participants) and early, so results may not apply broadly. Adherence to digital tools can be low, and the intervention may not produce lasting benefits.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 to 65 years
- 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: * Individuals receiving outpatient mental health treatment at the clinics of mental health at St. Olavs Hospital,. .-18-65 years old * Both men and women able to carry out exercise training. * Participants must be capable of giving informed consent and use HelsaMi. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications for exercise training and testing according to the ACSM specifications; life-threatening or terminal medical conditions; unable to carry out intervention or test procedures; pregnancy; mothers \<6 months post-partum. * Inpatients at an acute psychiatric ward or have any planned surgery that would interfere with the intervention.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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St. Olavs Hospital HF. And NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
RECRUITINGTrondheim, Norway
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