Increasing Risk Perception of Physical Activity Using Patient-targeted Feedback. (RiskAct)

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Hypertension; Cardiac Diseases; Coronary Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Patient-targeted individual physical-activity-feedback; Device: Pedometer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02802254

1525/100

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of a minimal intervention on risk perception of physical inactivity in patients with known coronary heart disease (CHD) and patients at risk for CHD. Therefore half of the patients (intervention group) get a personal feedback on their individual level of physical activity measured by pedometers and self-report questionnaires plus information about the risk factor 'physical inactivity' for heart diseases. Following the hypotheses the feedback should increase the patients risk perception of physical inactivity and furthermore increase physical activity.

Enrollment: 121 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Known coronary heart disease or at least 2 risk factors for coronary heart disease
• Age: 18 years up to 75 years
• Sufficient language skills
• Access to a telephone
• Willingness to participate in telephone interviews
• "Informed consent"

Exclusion criteria

• Life threatening health status
• Severe somatic or/and psychological disorder that needs urgent treatment
• Hospital stay within the last 7 days
• Surgical intervention plus hospital stay for at least 3 days within the last 2 months
• Myocardial infarction within the last 3 month
• Musculoskeletal diseases, which have a strong influence on physical activity
• Severe cognitive or/and visual difficulties

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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121 participants in 2 patient groups

Pedometer+physical-activity-feedback

Experimental group

Description:

At cardiac consultation patients receive a patient-targeted individual physical-activity-feedback.

Treatment:

Device: Pedometer

Behavioral: Patient-targeted individual physical-activity-feedback

Pedometer-only

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients use a Pedometer in order to measure their daily step number

Treatment:

Device: Pedometer