NCT04947787

Establishing a Physical Activity Referral Scheme for People With Noncommunicable Diseases in the German Healthcare System

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 552 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The BewegtVersorgt project involved co-producing a physical activity referral scheme (PARS) for inactive persons with underlying non-communicable diseases. Various relevant actors of the German healthcare system (e.g., representatives of physicians, health insurance providers, sports organizations, exercise representatives of exercise professions, representatives of patients) participated in the co-production process. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of co-produced PARS in the Erlangen-Nuremberg-Fürth region. Local general practitioners and exercise professionals will carry out the implementation of the PARS in standard care. The cluster-randomized study includes two intervention arms; one group will receive specific support from physical activity experts to increase physical activity (PARS). The control group will receive only the physician's advice and then continue to engage in physical activity on their own (PAA). The participants will be followed up at 12 and 24 weeks.

Conditions

• Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical activity referral scheme (PARS)	Participants of the intervention group will receive brief physician advice and be referred to an exercise professional (e.g., physiotherapist, sports therapist) for a more intensive counseling intervention. The counseling intervention consists of an initial assessment, individual physical activity counseling (360'), a final assessment after 12 weeks, and a follow-up assessment after 24 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Physical activity advice (PAA)	Participants of the control group will only receive brief physician advice regarding the promotion of physical activity and as an information sheet with tips on how to adopt a more physically active lifestyle.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2021-07-01
• Last updated: 2022-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany