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New Health Devices to Improve Adherence to Physical Activity in Overweight Inactive Adults

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obesity
Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments

Device: FitBit APP
Device: Pai APP

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02774655
2015/1750

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test in overweight and inactive adults whether the new PAI eHealh APP leads to better adherence to a physical activity regimen than the wearable step counter App from the market leader FitBit, and to evaluate if improved adherence will be reflected in a better cardiovascular profile in this group.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Body mass index > 25
  • self reported exercise one time or less per week

Exclusion criteria

  • inability to use a SmartPhone
  • illness or disabilities that preclude or hinder completion of the study
  • cancer that makes participation impossible or exercise contraindicated (considered individually, in consultation with physician)
  • test results indicating that study participation is unsafe
  • participation in other studies conflicting with participation in this study
  • symptomatic valvular, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, unstable angina, primary pulmonary hypertension, uncontrolled hypertension, heart failure or sever arrhythmia
  • diagnosed dementia
  • chronic communicable infectious diseases
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Medication for thyroid disease, diabetes, blood pressure or lipid lowering medication

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

60 participants in 2 patient groups

PAI APP
Experimental group
Description:
personal activity index application
Treatment:
Device: Pai APP
FitBit APP
Active Comparator group
Treatment:
Device: FitBit APP

Trial contacts and locations

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