nctId: NCT06367439 id: FN-10984 briefTitle: Examining the Effects of Virtual Reality Exercise on Mental Health acronym: UVIC VR Fit overallStatus: RECRUITING date: 2024-03-19 date: 2025-06 date: 2025-06 date: 2024-04-16 date: 2024-04-26 name: University of Victoria class: OTHER name: Meta Platforms, Inc. briefSummary: The primary purpose of this investigation is to examine the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) exercise (Supernatural exergaming via Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC) for improving mental health as indicated by (1) both short-term mood (one exercise bout) and long-term (10-weeks) mood (depression and anxiety symptoms), (2) well-being (i.e., vitality) over a 10-week period, and (3) perceived cognitive function over a 10-week period. The secondary purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of VR exercise for improving both physical activity behaviour and physical activity motivation (attitudes, capability, opportunity, behavioural regulation, habit, identity) over a 10-week period. The tertiary purpose is to examine whether key motivational variables (e.g., attitudes, capability, opportunity, behavioural regulation, habit, identity) regarding Supernatural use explain variability in Supernatural use over time. conditions: Mental Health conditions: Mood conditions: Well-Being, Psychological conditions: Physical Activity studyType: INTERVENTIONAL phases: NA allocation: RANDOMIZED interventionModel: PARALLEL interventionModelDescription: The study will utilize a 10-week, two-arm, single-blinded, waitlist control, randomized controlled trial (RCT). Healthy adults (19-64 years) from the Victoria community participating in less than 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week will be randomized to either the Supernatural (SN) condition or the wait-list control (WLC) condition for a 10-week period. primaryPurpose: BASIC_SCIENCE masking: SINGLE maskingDescription: Single - Primary Investigator whoMasked: INVESTIGATOR count: 150 type: ESTIMATED name: Supernatural Condition name: Supernatural Condition measure: Depression and anxiety mood symptoms measure: Well-being: subjective vitality measure: Perceived cognitive function measure: Short-term Mood measure: Core Affect Measure - Feeling Scale measure: Core Affect Measure - Felt Arousal Scale measure: Perceived exertion measure: Supernatural Target Accuracy measure: Attitude towards physical activity measure: Attitude towards Supernatural physical activity measure: Perceived opportunity for physical activity measure: Perceived opportunity for Supernatural physical activity measure: Perceived capability for physical activity measure: Perceived capability for Supernatural physical activity measure: Intentions for physical activity behaviour measure: Intention for regular Supernatural physical activity behaviour measure: Behavioural regulation of physical activity behaviour measure: Behavioural regulation of Supernatural physical activity measure: Physical activity habit measure: Supernatural physical activity habit measure: Physical activity identity measure: Supernatural physical activity identity measure: Physical activity behaviour measure: Supernatural physical activity behaviour measure: Weekly Supernatural Physical Activity Behaviour measure: Direct assessment of Supernatural physical activity behaviour measure: Direct assessment of physical activity behaviour measure: Feasibility and Acceptability of Supernatural and the Meta Quest 3 headset measure: Supernatural usability measure: Meta Quest 3 headset usability measure: Personality measure: Physical Activity Environment sex: ALL minimumAge: 19 Years maximumAge: 64 Years stdAges: ADULT facility: Behavioural Medicine Lab status: RECRUITING city: Victoria state: British Columbia zip: V8W3N4 country: Canada name: Colin Wierts, PhD role: CONTACT name: Ryan Rhodes, PhD role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR lat: 48.43294 lon: -123.3693 hasResults: False