This week's podcast comes from NSFT research and is about how exercise might be able to help low mood in teenagers and a special study we are undertaking called The READY Trial. Kayte Rowe, co-investigator on the READY Trial and Kiersten Wakefield the READY Trial delivery lead come together to talk about why we are researching exercise and low mood in young people. They chat about how common low mood/depression is in young people, what to look out for if you are a parent, which groups it particularly affects and how activity might help.
Kiersten fills us in on how the trial is run and what is involved and how young people have had an input in the creation of the trial.
The research project talked about in this podcast is the READY trial - this study aims to see if physical activity improves the symptoms of low mood in young people aged 13 – 17 years old. Young people that take part will be asked to attend one of three groups twice a week for 12 weeks. The group activities will either be high intensity exercise, low intensity exercise or social non-exercise based activities. If you, or someone you know, is suffering from low mood you may be interested in taking part in this study.
Any young people interested in finding out more should contact the research team at NSFT by email: researchinfo@nsft.nhs.uk
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