PREhabilitation for Patients Awaiting a Liver Transplantation: The Development and Feasibility Testing of a Remote Multicomponent pREhabilitation Intervention: PREPARE
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 20
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Recruitment
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This is a study developing a prehabilitation intervention and then testing the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention.
Start date Aug 2022 for Focus groups and Feb 2023 Co-design workshops and feasibility study date pending
Detailed Description
This study is using focus groups and experience based co-design workshops to co-design a remote multicomponent prehabilitation intervention for patients awaiting liver transplantation.
Once the intervention is developed it will then be tested for acceptability and feasibility with the liver transplantation cohort in Belfast Northern Ireland.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 16 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •on the transplant waiting list
- •grade 3 below for encephalopathy
Exclusion Criteria
- •grade 4 above encephalopathy
- •Known adverse reaction to exercise
- •New stroke
- •lacks capacity to consent
Arms & Interventions
Receiving the prehabilitation intervention
All participants will receive the prehabilitation intervention.
Intervention: Prehabilitation (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Recruitment
Time Frame: 6 months
It will be presented in percentage form and will be defined by 1. Number of participants active on the list. 2. Number of participants eligible to participate. 3. Number of participants informed about the iPRehab study. 4. Number of participants who were interested in participating. 5. Number of participants recruited. 6. Number of participants interested but didn't recruit and reasons why. 7. Number of participants who own a computer/phone/tablet. 8. Number of participants who can use a computer/phone/tablet independently. 9. Number of participants who need support to use a device. Detail the support required. Min score 0% Max Score 100% Higher values indicate a higher recruitment rate.
Adherence
Time Frame: 6 months
This will be recorded using percentage and will be defined by 1. Number of participants who attended 1:1 sessions. 2. Number of participants who attended the group exercise classes using a class log. 3. Number of participants who attend the online monthly peer support sessions while active on the liver transplantation waiting list. 4. Number of participants who accessed the website/web app. 5. Which sections of the website/web app are utilised and the number of participants who access each section. 6. Number of participants who wear the activity tracker and report weekly step count. Min score 0% Max Score 100% Higher values indicate a higher adherence rate.
Retention
Time Frame: 6 months
This will be recorded using percentage and will be defined by 1. Number of participants who completed the baseline assessment. 2. Number of participants who completed the 12-week iPRehab study. 3. Number of participants who completed the assessment 1 week post the iPRehab study. 4. Number of participants who completed the assessment 12 weeks post the iPRehab study. 5. Number of participants who drop out and the reasons Min score 0% Max Score 100% Higher values indicate a higher retention rate.
Acceptability
Time Frame: 6 months
This will be measured using an acceptability questionnaire. Min score 0% Max Score 100% Higher values indicate a higher acceptability.
Secondary Outcomes
- Physical function(6 months)
- Frailty(6 months)