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Do Text Message Reminders Increase Preoperative Exercise in Obesity Surgery Candidates?

NCT01607177 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2013-11-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Preoperative exercise has been shown to improve physiological and functional capacity in patients undergoing abdominal surgery to prepare them for the stress of surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are advised to partake in regular preoperative exercise. In the setting of bariatric surgery, as well as preparing patients for the stress of surgery, it is also thought to increase the likelihood that they will exercise postoperatively. However, compliance to this advice is extremely low. Text-message interventions have been shown to improve compliance to other lifestyle interventions. The investigators will compare the rate of compliance to preoperative exercise prior to bariatric surgery in patients who receive a daily text message to those who do not. The investigators will also compare weight loss.

Conditions

  • Perioperative Care
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Daily text message reminders

Daily text message reminders to motivate patients to exercise in conjunction with an exercise information sheet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Research Council, New Zealand

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Auckland, New Zealand

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew G Hill, MBChB, MD, EdD, FRACS, FACS · South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • New Zealand

Study Locations

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