Clinical trial NCT04031079: Use of Wearable Tech to Increase Physical Activity in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Overweight and Obese Patients
Official title: Use of Wearable Tech to Increase Physical Activity in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Overweight and Obese Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Overweight
Keywords: Weight Loss
Rehabilitation
Exercise
Biomedical Technology
Lead sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-07-24
Enrollment: 37
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A parallel group design with two groups
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this project is to evaluate whether use of wearable tech increases physical activity in patients participating in inpatient rehabilitation for overweight and obesity.

Detailed description: Obesity is a global epidemic with profound consequences for individuals and societies. Physical exercise is important for weight reduction and weight loss maintenance. Use of wearable tech might facilitate physical activity. Here it will be evaluated whether use of wearable tech that gives feedback about the user's activity level, increases physical activity in people participating in inpatient rehabilitation for overweight and obesity. The control group will be wearing the same wearable tech as the intervention group, but they will not receive any feedback about their activity level.

The feedback application will give participants in the intervention group information about the number of PAI they earn each week. PAI is short for Personal Activity Intelligence. One earns PAI points every time heart rate increases: The higher heart rate, the faster one earns PAI. Previous research have shown that those who achieve 100 PAI or more every week over time, live for an average of more than eight years longer than others.

During the study all participants will take part in a traditional inpatient rehabilitation program (lifestyle modification program). The program consist of three periods at the rehabilitation center with time at home in-between. The study will take place during two periods at the center and one period at home. Time spent on physical activity and number of earned PAI's will be counted during the period at home.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* taking part in inpatient rehabilitation at Unicare Helefort Rehabilitation center for overweight or obesity.
* having been referred from a hospital outpatient obesity clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

* not having a smartphone (will not be able to access the mobile application).
* using a wheelchair (the technology will be not able to measure activity correctly)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Activity level
timeFrame: 4 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)
measure: Number of PAIs
timeFrame: 4 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)
measure: Percentage achieving 100 Personal Activity Intelligence points (PAIs) per week
timeFrame: 4 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: oxygen uptake
timeFrame: 7 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Body weight
timeFrame: 7 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Body Mass Index score
timeFrame: 7 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rissa
country: Norway
facility: Unicare Helsefort
Study officials:
affiliation: National Taiwan Normal University
name: Lene Aasdahl, PhD MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
name: Jorunn Helbostad, Dr Philos
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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