Clinical trials: Motivation
Ultraviolet Rays, Motivation
A Motivational Enhancement Approach to Skin Cancer Prevention
The specific aims of this research are: Aim 1 - To describe the UV protection behaviors and beliefs of young adult patients in a dermatology clinic.
- Trial name
- NCT00705887
- Testing
- Brief Motivational Enhancement Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Motivation, Sports Physical Therapy
Motivation as a Strategy for Adherence to a Stretching Program for Basketball Players
Background: Basketball is considered a medium-high injury sport, because of the mechanisms of injury, which can be acute, by repetition mechanisms or by overload.
- Conditions
- Motivation, Sports Physical Therapy, Muscle Tightness
- Trial name
- MOTBAS (NCT05499338)
- Testing
- Stretching program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Physical Activity
The Fitness, Game Bike Adherence, Motivation and Exercise Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an interactive exercise videogame bike is effective in improving physical activity adherence, motivations to do physical activity, and physical fitness among families.
- Trial name
- FitGAME (NCT01373762)
- Testing
- Exercise Videogame Bikes
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Victoria
Physical Inactivity, Obesity & Overweight
Development of Human Motor Skills and the Promotion of Motivation for Physical Activity
This study is conducted within the University Centre of Excellence for Studies of Human Motoric at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Obesity & Overweight, Motor Development, Cognitive Development
- Trial name
- NCT07485270
- Testing
- E-MOVE - Emotional Movement Program for Physical Education
- Where
- 9 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 325 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles University, Czech Republic
Smoking Cessation, Motivation
Mating-EFT Smoking Cessation Intervention
The current proposal aims to develop and establish the effectiveness of a novel behavioral smoking cessation intervention. Previous research has shown that having smokers engage in episodic future thinking (EFT) about specific…
- Trial name
- NCT03431324
- Testing
- Episodic Future Thinking about Mating Opportunities, Targeted Mating-EFT Intervention
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Healthy
Improving Motor Skills: The Role of Music and Encouragement
This study used a randomised crossover design to analyse the effect of three different experimental interventions - i.e. standard conditions, music and verbal encouragement - on performance in an isometric endurance task…
- Trial name
- NCT06380088
- Testing
- Isometric Task
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universita degli Studi di Genova
Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Education
Effect of a Nurse Navigation Program on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Motivation in Primiparous Women
Objective: To evaluate the effects of a nurse navigation program on breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding motivation in primiparous women.
- Trial name
- NCT07177664
- Testing
- Breastfeeding Consultation Provided through the Nurse Navigation Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Major Depressive Episode
The Effects of Anger and Joy Expressions on Approach and Avoidance Behaviors in Healthy Volunteers
Social interactions are part of our daily lives. Communicating with others is a recurring choice which is based on emotional cues, such as facial expression.
- Trial name
- NCT04899609
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Motivation, Quality of Life
The Impact of Motivation in Return to Work After Work Disability
The current research on the impact of motivation in return to work after work disability has 2 major parts: (1) a questionnaire study for which SMEC gave approval, this part is completed, (2) a RCT.
- Conditions
- Motivation, Quality of Life, Communication, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05412537
- Testing
- MI, CAU
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Diet, Healthy, Body Weight
Diet, Body Composition, Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Health of Healthy and Active Adults From Slovenia
There is objective need to evaluate the differences in dietary intake (DI), body composition (BC), lifestyle (LS) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors between healthy and active vegetarinas (VEG) and non vegetarians…
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Body Weight, Time Restricted Feeding, Sleep
- Trial name
- SloLifestyle (NCT04379622)
- Testing
- Dietary intake, body composition, lifestyle, and CVD risk factors
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barbara Jakše s.p.
Emotions, Motivation
Pramipexole and Emotional Processing
The dopamine agonist pramipexole has recently been suggested as a potential novel antidepressant drug. While preliminary clinical data hint at its efficacy in treating depressive symptoms, our current understanding of its impact…
- Conditions
- Emotions, Motivation, Reward, Dopamine
- Trial name
- PEP (NCT03681509)
- Testing
- Pramipexole
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Prolonged Sitting
Defy The Odds: Exercise Forecasting and Motivation Strategies for Prolonged-Sitting Jobs
This study aims to see if a new approach called "Exercise Forecasting" can help people with jobs with a lot of sitting get more active.
- Trial name
- NCT07475130
- Testing
- Tailored messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alcohol Drinking, Chronic Inflammation
30-to-90 Day Challenge: Effects of Alcohol Cessation on Health Outcomes
The objective for this project is to determine whether how certain behavioral and health functions change in persons with heavy drinking when they stop (or reduce) drinking for 30 days, and whether changes continue for up to 90…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Chronic Inflammation, Neurocognitive Dysfunction, Liver Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT03353701
- Testing
- Contingency Management (CM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Major Depressive Disorder
Prediction of the Therapeutic Response in Depression Based on Neuro-computational Modeling Assessment of Motivation
This study aims to better understand the mechanisms of action of antidepressants, but also the neural correlates of motivation deficits.
- Trial name
- STRATIDEP (NCT05866575)
- Testing
- escitalopram, vortioxetine
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Sleep Hygiene, Sleep
Are You Daydreaming?
Health CASCADE (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement n° 956501) aims to address complex public health problems by making co-creation a scientifically sound methodology, aided by evidence-based methods, practices, and…
- Conditions
- Sleep Hygiene, Sleep, Poor Quality Sleep
- Trial name
- Health CASCADE (NCT05838339)
- Testing
- Healthy Sleep Intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 382 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Cardiovascular (CV) Risk, Exercise
The Role of Mobile Apps in Promoting Cardiovascular Health and Motivation to Exercise During Pregnancy
The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a mobile exercise app in improving cardiovascular health and motivation to exercise in pregnant women who are healthy, in their 2nd trimester, between 18-45 years age…
- Trial name
- NCT07166822
- Testing
- Experimental group using BumptUp mobile exercise app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Old Dominion University
Physical Inactivity
Physical Activity Variety's Impact on Physical Activity Participation
The primary purpose of the proposed study is to examine the effect of a home-based physical activity variety intervention on objectively measured physical activity in an eight-week randomized intervention trial.
- Trial name
- NCT05930431
- Testing
- Physical activity variety intervention, Physical activity consistency comparison condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Pain, Osteoarthritis
Improvement of a Physically Active Lifestyle
To help rehabilitation patients to adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle, it is imperative to increase self-management competencies.
- Conditions
- Pain, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- FaBA (NCT00979719)
- Testing
- Intervention Group (IG), Active Control Group (ACG)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,377 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Freie Universität Berlin
Light Color Temperature
Effect of Reduced Light Color Temperature on Postpartum Mothers' Well-being, Breastfeeding Motivation, and Psychological Well-being After Cesarean Section
The aim of this study is to determine the effects of reduced light color temperature on postpartum mothers' well-being, breastfeeding motivation, and psychological well-being after cesarean section.
- Trial name
- NCT07104045
- Testing
- Reduced light color temperature
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emine Yıldırım
Sulpiride's Effect on Striatal BOLD Signal During Working Memory Gating, Interaction of Sulpiride, Average Reward Rate and Evidence Accumulation
Dopamine and Cognition
Rationale: To unravel the role of dopamine in gating of working memory, motivation and learning. Objective: The primary objective of this study is to isolate effects of blocking D2 receptor stimulation on gating of working…
- Conditions
- Sulpiride's Effect on Striatal BOLD Signal During Working Memory Gating, Interaction of Sulpiride, Average Reward Rate and Evidence Accumulation, Interaction of Sulpiride, Average Reward Rate and Cognitive Effort
- Trial name
- NCT05884671
- Testing
- Sulpiride 400 MG
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging