Clinical trial NCT06842550: MAintAin Activity in Arthritis: A Feasibility Study
Official title: MAintAin Activity in Arthritis: A Feasibility Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Arthritis
Keywords: Arthritis
Physical Activity Maintenance
Feasibility
Health coaching
Lead sponsor: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-24
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Best practice guidelines across the world always recommend those living with arthritis to be physically active. Research shows that being active can help people living with arthritis to do the things that they want to do for longer, reduce pain, improve quality of life and protect against getting other health conditions such as heart disease, lung disease and cancer. Whilst various exercise programmes support people with arthritis to be active most individuals reduce their level of PA after completion of a prescribed programme. Staying active in the longer-term is more difficult and there is often a decrease in activity over time. Research has shown that exercise programmes helping people to become active, such as exercise classes, may not always have the right approach and focus during the programme to help people to stay active long-term. It is important to understand if people with arthritis can be supported to maintain their activity levels well in to the future. The investigators have already spoken to people living with arthritis, people involved in arthritis care and those involved in promoting physical activity. The research team brought their feedback and the scientific literature together and shaped a new intervention that suits the needs of people with arthritis and helps them to continue to be physically active. The investiagtors will now ask people living with arthritis to try out the new intervention.

Participants will receive up to five coaching sessions that aim to support people with arthritis to maintain their PA after exiting a structured exercise programme. Sessions will be delivered within community venues in a group setting by a trained provider. Sessions will last approximately between 60 and 90 minutes and will be delivered over a period of approximately 4-months.

Participants may receive a smartwatch with an inbuilt step counter such as Fitbit and diary to record their daily steps or physical activity minutes. The diary will also be used to record physical activity maintenance goals, complete action plans and self-monitor progress to build new habits. Participants can continue to use their own smartwatch if they have one.

The research team are interested to know if the programme has any effect on the amount of activity people do over time as well as looking at factors which can help with the understanding of 'why' or 'why not' a PA intervention may have worked.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Those who have exited from a supervised group-based exercise programme for arthritis.

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Exclusion Criteria: Those aged under 18 years

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Qualitative Interview
timeFrame: pre (week zero) and post (week 17)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: Relapse Self Efficacy Questionnaire
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: Maintenance Self Efficacy Questionnaire
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: Self-Report Behavioural Automaticity Index
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: Physical Activity Behaviour Self-Evaluation Questionnaire
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: Adapted Action and Coping Planning Questionnaire
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REGULATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE (BREQ-3)
timeFrame: pre (week 0) and post (week 17)
measure: Satisfaction with intervention
timeFrame: post (week 17)
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