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Diet, exercise, and stress coaching tested as depression aid
NCT ID NCT05681767
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding a motivational lifestyle program—focusing on diet, exercise, and stress management—to usual care helps adults with depression recover better. About 210 participants from primary care will receive the lifestyle coaching or usual care alone. The goal is to see if this approach improves mood, well-being, and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- motivational multicomponent lifestyle intervention (diet, exercise, stress management coaching)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical, drug-free way to boost depression recovery in primary care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial with no blinding, so results may be influenced by placebo effects or participant motivation. The lifestyle changes may be hard to sustain long-term.
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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 210 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 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: * adults ≥ 18 years * depression (ICD-10, F32-F33) * Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-1A) ≥ 10 points * the initiation of treatment in a primary health care center Exclusion Criteria: * bipolar disorder * psychosis * substance abuse * pregnancy or lactation * a long-term rehabilitative psychotherapy.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kuopio Health Center
RECRUITINGKuopio, Finland
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