Can we successfully deliver and evaluate a physiotherapist-led behaviour-change programme to support walking in people with intermittent claudication? A feasibility and acceptability study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Intermittent claudication due to peripheral vascular disease.Circulatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN55465549
- Lead Sponsor
- King's College London
- Brief Summary
2019 results in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvn.2018.11.001 (added 22/11/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age =18 years
2. Peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication as established by a vascular clinician, and based on arterial palpitation, or results of angiography, computed tomography, or MRI scanning.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Presence of a condition for which it is unadvisable to increase walking (e.g., unstable angina)
2. Endovascular treatment or bypass surgery scheduled in the upcoming 4 months
3. Comorbidity which limits walking to a greater extent than intermittent claudication
4. Inability or refusal to provide informed consent
5. Inability to comprehend English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Change in 6-Minute Walk Distance (metres) at 16-week follow-up, measured by a 6-Minute Walk Test;<br> 2. Change in pedometer Step Count (average steps/day) at 16-week follow-up, measured using an Omron Walking Style Pro.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Change in treatment cognitions measured by a Theory of Planned Behaviour Questionnaire at 16-week follow-up<br> 2. Change in illness cognitions measured by the Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire at 16-week follow-up<br> 3. Change in self-regulatory processes measured by a modified questionnaire on Action Planning and Action Control at 16-week follow-up<br>