Do PA Interventions Increase Acute Medical Inpatients PA Levels

Summary

Physical activity (PA) can help treat and prevent many physical and mental health conditions. However, many of the United Kingdom population do not meet the Department of Health's PA recommendations which is contributing to the high chronic disease burden in the UK population. Many patients who are admitted to acute medical wards have at least one co- morbidity. Inpatients on acute hospital wards do not routinely receive PA advice from healthcare staff. The investigators believe that patients could be encouraged to increase their PA level (PAL) during an admission to hospital.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Moving Medicine
• Acute Medical Unit

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

'More minutes' conversation (Moving medicine)

For the interventions in this study we have chosen to use the Moving Medicine conversation tools because they are an evidence-based PA intervention tool. The Moving Medicine 'more minutes' conversation tool initially involves the investigator exploring the participant's understanding of PA. Improving patients' knowledge of the benefits of PA may empower them to increase their PAL because knowledge of the benefits of PA may motivate patients to increase their PAL. The division of the Moving Medicine conversation tools into chronic health conditions is important because it will allow the investigator to explore topics relating to PA which are specific to the participant's own medical co-morbidities. For example, in a patient with known ischaemic heart disease the investigator could discuss how PA helps to prevent the risk of further heart attacks and the development of heart failure (Moving Medicine).

BEHAVIORAL

'one minute' conversation (Moving medicine)

For the interventions in this study we have chosen to use the Moving Medicine conversation tools because they are an evidence-based PA intervention tool. The Moving Medicine 'more minutes' conversation tool initially involves the investigator exploring the participant's understanding of PA. Improving patients' knowledge of the benefits of PA may empower them to increase their PAL because knowledge of the benefits of PA may motivate patients to increase their PAL. The division of the Moving Medicine conversation tools into chronic health conditions is important because it will allow the investigator to explore topics relating to PA which are specific to the participant's own medical co-morbidities. For example, in a patient with known ischaemic heart disease the investigator could discuss how PA helps to prevent the risk of further heart attacks and the development of heart failure (Moving Medicine).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-08-24

Primary Completion

2021-06-11

Completion

2021-10-13

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations