Clinical trial NCT04031092: Use of Wearable Tech to Increase Physical Activity in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Patients With Chronic Pain
Official title: Use of Wearable Tech to Increase Physical Activity in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Patients With Chronic Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Pain
Musculoskeletal Pain
Keywords: Exercise
Biomedical Technology
Lead sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-07-24
Enrollment: 44
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 levels of physical activity in patients participating in inpatient rehabilitation for chronic pain.

Detailed description: Chronic pain is a vast problem with profound consequences for individuals and societies. Exercise and physical activity is an important part of the treatment for chronic pain. Use of wearable tech might be a way to help facilitate physical activity in patients with chronic pain. Here it will be evaluated whether use of wearable tech giving feedback about the user's activity level increases physical activity in patients participating in inpatient rehabilitation for chronic pain. 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. You earn PAI points every time your heart rate increases: The higher heart rate, the faster you earn 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. The program consist of two periods at the rehabilitation center with two weeks at home in-between. The study will take place during the two periods at the senter and the 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 chronic pain.

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: 2 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)
measure: Number of PAIs
timeFrame: 2 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)
measure: Percentage achieving 100 PAIs per week
timeFrame: 2 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: oxygen uptake
timeFrame: 6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Anxiety and depression symptoms
timeFrame: 6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Average pain
timeFrame: 6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Health related quality of life
timeFrame: 6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Body weight
timeFrame: 6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)
measure: Body Mass Index score
timeFrame: 6 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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