The implementation and effectiveness of Brief Physical Activity Counselling by Physiotherapists (BEHAVIOUR) on levels of patient physical activity.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: physical inactivity; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000194864
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-02-23
• Last Update Posted: 21 February 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 330

Inclusion Criteria

Physiotherapy team inclusion:
This trial will include 30 clusters. A cluster is defined as a hospital clinical team that provides a service for inpatients or outpatients within South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD), NSW, Australia, that has one or more physiotherapists within the team. For the cluster to be included in the trial there needs to be at least one physiotherapist within the team interested in participating and who meets the following eligibility criteria:
•anticipate they will remain employed within SWSLHD for the next 12 months;
•either permanent or at least 6-month rotation in the identified clinical team;
•would treat at least 10 new eligible adult patients within their clinical team over a 3-month period;
•not working in a split role across two clinical teams that have both been identified as potential clusters for the trial.

Patient inclusion:
Patient-participants are likely to be affected by common and/or burdensome conditions such as, but not limited to, osteoarthritis, lower limb amputations, chronic pain, stroke, brain injury, cardiac and pulmonary disease.
The trial will include any consenting adults (18 + years) who:
•are a new patient of one of the participating physiotherapists during the recruitment period;
•live in the community (as opposed to residential care);
•are able to leave their home without physical assistance from another person but may use a walking aid or wheelchair (anticipated within 6-months of recruitment);
•are without major cognitive impairment (e.g. diagnosis of dementia);
•have sufficient language capabilities to respond to written questionnaires in English, Arabic or Vietnamese.

Exclusion Criteria

Physiotherapy team exclusion:

Patient exclusion criteria:
The trial will exclude adults who:
•are residents of residential aged care facilities;
•have the following medical conditions: delirium, acute medical illnesses, severe psychiatric disorders, rapidly progressive neurological diseases;
•have any medical reason for which strategies to increase physical activity would be contra-indicated, determined by the treating physiotherapist.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient level: Self-reported time (hours/week) spent in planned physical activity over the last 7 days, measured using the planned activity subscale of the Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire (IPEQ).[Patient baseline and 6-months post patient baseline (primary timepoint).];Implementation: Reach, operationalized as the proportion of eligible new physiotherapy patients who receive physical activity counselling, measured from screening log completed by physiotherapist.[During 3-months of patient recruitment.]