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Screening While You Wait: An Intervention to Facilitate Exercise in Primary Care

NCT03181295 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 537

Last updated 2018-03-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Despite knowing that exercise improves health, primary care providers (PCPs) do not regularly assess physical activity (PA) levels or use proven techniques to help patients to increase their PA levels. Studies have shown that PCPs don't talk to patients about their PA levels because they don't feel they have adequate knowledge or resources to help their patients. Additionally they don't feel they have time to provide personalized advice regarding PA.

This study will use tablet computers and email to engage patients in contemplating their own PA levels and starting conversations with their PCPs. Electronic surveys delivered via tablets and email prior to periodic health reviews will be used to support customized, patient-centred health care. The patient's survey responses will be used to develop a printable 'toolkit' with individualized PA recommendations, a personalized exercise prescription (Rx), as well as patient-specific educational and community resources. The exercise Rx and resources can be edited by the PCP based on the resulting discussion between patient and PCP.

The overarching aim of this study is to determine how the use of technology in family doctors' offices can help patients to engage with their PCPs regarding PA and ultimately increase their PA levels.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized exercise Rx and resources

Patients will receive the IPAQ to collect baseline PA levels as well as questions evaluating precursors to behaviour change and identifying medical conditions that may affect PA capability. In the Electronic Medical Record chart, a 'stamp' will be automatically created, accompanied by a link which will open a printable 'toolkit' with individualized PA recommendations, a personalized exercise Rx, as well as educational and community resources, all based on the patient's survey responses. The exercise Rx and resources can be edited by the PCP based on the resulting discussion between patient and PCP, and printed during the PHR for the patient to take home. The exercise Rx and resources will also be emailed to the patient following their appointment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Women's College Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Noah Ivers · Family Doctor and Research Scientist

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-21
Primary Completion
2018-03-16
Completion
2018-03-16

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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