Clinical trial NCT06001970: Activity Pacing for Fatigue Management
Official title: Activity Pacing, Fatigue Management, and Self-regulation Strategies as a Promising Approach for Managing Fatigue Symptoms and for Promoting Physical Activity in Adults Who Experience Fatigue
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Fatigue
Chronic Condition
Self-regulation
Physical Activity
Activity Pacing
Keywords: physical activity behavior
self-regulation
fatigue
chronic condition
Lead sponsor: Northumbria University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
First posted: 2023-08-21
Enrollment: 54
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults with chronic conditions who experience fatigue

Brief summary: This project will focus on perceived fatigue as a barrier to physical activity participation and will explore if and how activity pacing, fatigue management, and self-regulation strategies can help to overcome this barrier in adults with chronic conditions who experience fatigue symptoms. The main aims are:

1. To demonstrate the differences and similarities on activity pacing, perceived fatigue, self-regulation, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in adults who experience fatigue by comparing individuals who have been through an activity pacing program or not.
2. To explore thoughts, experiences, needs, and perspectives on activity pacing of adults with fatigue and health professionals as well as any ideas for future development of an optimal intervention.

Participants will be invited to complete questionnaires on several variables (activity pacing, physical activity, fatigue, health-related quality of life, and self-regulation of physical activity). In addition, they will be invited to wear an Actigraph for 7 full days and they will also be invited to a focus group interview.

Detailed description: Activity pacing is a fatigue management strategy that regulates energy and activity levels while maintaining or increasing engagement in physical activity. This approach is particularly beneficial for individuals with chronic conditions who experience significant fatigue as they often struggle with sustained physical activity participation due to recurring patterns of overexertion and subsequent fatigue or pain. Therefore, activity pacing strategies are important because individuals learn to manage fatigue symptoms, optimize physical activity behaviour, and accomplish a more stable activity pacing pattern, which will improve their health-related quality of life and well-being.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed with a chronic condition
* Experience fatigue
* Ambulatory

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children
* Wheelchair users

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perceived fatigue
timeFrame: 1 point in time measuring for the past 7 days
measure: Physical activity
timeFrame: 1 point in time measuring for the past 7 days
measure: Engagement in Pacing and Perceived Risk of Overactivity
timeFrame: 1 point in time measuring for the past 7 days
measure: Perceived Fatigue
timeFrame: 1 point in time measuring for the past 7 days
measure: Objective Physical Activity
timeFrame: 7 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-regulation
timeFrame: 1 point in time measuring for the past 7 days
measure: Health-related Quality of Life
timeFrame: 1 point in time measuring for the past 7 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Newcastle
country: United Kingdom
facility: Northumbria University
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