The Impact of Tele-coaching on the Physical Activity Level

Palacky University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Telemedicine

Treatments: Device: Tele-coaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05147038

80/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to test the benefits of a semi-automated tele-coaching program to coach adult participants with chronic lung disease towards a more active lifestyle.

Full description

The level of physical activity (PA) has been shown to be an important predictor for morbidity and mortality in individuals with chronic respiratory diseases, for instance Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Physical inactivity and sedentary behavior is a common feature of patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Pulmonary rehabilitation is known as a beneficial intervention in exercise capacity, disease symptoms and quality of life in respiratory diseases. Despite the overall large benefits on exercise capacity and other variables described above, it does not automatically translate into increases in PA. Recent literature shows that coaching programs specifically aiming to increase PA are more likely to result in PA changes.

Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the impact of 3-month (12 weeks) tele-coaching intervention on PA level of adult participants suffering from a chronic lung disease.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Stable patients, older than 18 years of age, with a diagnosis of interstitial lung disease
• Understands and is able to work with a smart phone application (judged by the investigator)
• On stable pharmacotherapy
• Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≥30%predicted

Exclusion criteria

• On the waiting list for a lung transplantation
• Life expectancy below 3 months
• Respiratory tract infection or an exacerbation or change in maintenance medication within 4 weeks before study enrolment
• Extra pulmonary impairments, unrelated to the underlying lung disease, interfering with physical activity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants allocated into the intervention group will be coached for 12 weeks by a tele-coaching mobile App containing tips for PA increase and for number of steps recording (visual feedback for the patient).

Treatment:

Device: Tele-coaching

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group will receive usual care (including regular visits) together with the educational information.