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Start-to-Sport - Home-based Exercise for Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

NCT02240147 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-01-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Almost 1% of all baby's is born with a heart defect (CHD) and most of them survive. Even though outcomes are good, they need lifelong follow-up because of a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. Studies have shown that patients with CHD are not active enough and that a substantial amount of patients is overweight. Hence preventive strategies and education should not only focus on the heart problem, but also on a healthy lifestyle including physical activity. Recently a new guideline introduced exercise prescription based on the absence/presence of certain key elements. However, a number of important questions remain that preclude implementation in clinical practice. Therefore a 'Start-to-Sport' program for adults with CHD, based on this new guideline, will be investigated. This study is a randomized controlled trial that investigates the effects of the program on daily physical activity, exercise capacity, quality of life and exercise self-efficacy both in short (12 weeks) and long (52 weeks) term, along with possible mechanisms for the training effects by using a new exercise-testing protocol that looks simultaneously to all body parts that are involved during exercise. Ultimately, our findings will result in the implementation of the guideline in clinical practice.

Conditions

  • Congenital Heart Defect

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

home-based exercise training

During a 30 minute face-to-face motivational interview with an exercise specialist, the patient will be advised and coached about his exercise prescription, on how to implement it in his own daily life and on how to prevent relapse. Furthermore, the patients will receive instructions on how to monitor their exercise intensity and on recognizing adverse signals. During the following 12 weeks, patients will be asked to exercise 4.5 hours per week within the prescribed exercise intensity range according to the guidelines.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roselien Buys, PhD · KU Leuven

  • Werner Budts, PhD · KU Leuven

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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