Clinical Trial: Classroom Exercise Frequency and Mental Health in Medical Students

U.S., Aug. 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07756879) titled 'Classroom Exercise Frequency and Mental Health in Medical Students' on Aug. 05.

Brief Summary: This 16-week, three-group, nonrandomized interventional study evaluated whether the weekly frequency of a brief classroom-based physical exercise program was associated with changes in mental health and physical activity among 105 undergraduate medical students at Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia. EG2 (n=35) received two exercise sessions per week, EG1 (n=37) received one session per week, and CG (n=33) received no exercise intervention. Anxiety, depression, stress, and physical activity were assessed at baseline and after 16 w...