NCT05147038

The Impact of Tele-coaching on the Physical Activity Level

The Impact of Tele-coaching on the Physical Activity Level in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Palacky University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Telemedicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Tele-coaching	The participants are instructed to use a "Fitbit" fitness tracker to record the number of steps. This device is compatible with the "m-PAC" App, which was developed for this specific group of participants (individuals suffering from a chronic lung disease). The participants receive a feedback via the "m-PAC" App every day and they also receive a week report to be albe to adjust their step goal. They are asked to increase or keep their week goal every Sunday after reviewing a weekly report. The participants also receive tips for their PA improvement and they are asked for medication change specification (every Wednesday).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-14
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2021-12-07
• Last updated: 2023-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Czechia