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OUTSIDE 2: Outdoor swimming as a nature-based intervention, offered in addition to usual care, compared to usual care alone, in people with depression: A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation

2026-07-06

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<h4>Background: </h4> Major depression affects at least 10% of adults, yet evidence-based treatments have modest clinical effectiveness and acceptability. In recent years, outdoor swimming has grown increasingly popular and emerging quantitative and qualitative evidence suggests potential as an intervention for depression, however, there is yet to be a full-scale randomised controlled trial (RCT). This is a protoc...

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10.3310/nihropenres.14073.1
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