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Use of Wearable Tech to Increase Physical Activity in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Patients With Chronic Pain

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Musculoskeletal Pain
Chronic Pain
Interventions
Device: Wearable tech without feedback
Device: Wearable tech with feedback
Behavioral: Rehabilitation program
Registration Number
NCT04031092
Lead Sponsor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
44
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)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Wearable tech without feedbackWearable tech without feedbackThis group will be wearing the same the activity measurement device as the intervention group, but they will not receive any feedback about their activity level. They will not have access to the mobile application. They will take part in the same rehabilitation program as the intervention group.
Wearable tech with feedbackWearable tech with feedbackThis group will be wearing an activity measurement device (wristband) and receive feedback about their activity level through a mobile application while taking part in a traditional inpatient rehabilitation program for patients with chronic pain.
Wearable tech with feedbackRehabilitation programThis group will be wearing an activity measurement device (wristband) and receive feedback about their activity level through a mobile application while taking part in a traditional inpatient rehabilitation program for patients with chronic pain.
Wearable tech without feedbackRehabilitation programThis group will be wearing the same the activity measurement device as the intervention group, but they will not receive any feedback about their activity level. They will not have access to the mobile application. They will take part in the same rehabilitation program as the intervention group.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage achieving 100 PAIs per week2 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)

Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI)

Activity level2 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)

Time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (minutes per day)

Number of PAIs2 weeks (time period at home between two stays at the rehabilitation center)

mean number of Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) points achieved per week

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Average pain6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). VAS is a straight horizontal line where the ends are defined as the extreme limits from the left (0-no pain) to the right (100-worst imaginable pain). The patient is asked to mark his pain level on the line between the two endpoints. The distance between 'no pain at all' and the mark then defines the subject's pain.

Body Mass Index score6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)

weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared

Body weight6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)

body weight in kilograms

oxygen uptake6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)

submaximal oxygen uptake measured by the Åstrand bicycle test (described in Textbook of work physiology by Astrand from 1986)

Anxiety and depression symptoms6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)

HSCL-25 questionnaire

Health related quality of life6 weeks (from inclusion to end of rehabilitation program)

EQ5D questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Unicare Helsefort

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Rissa, Norway

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