Computer-guided Action Planning to Support Physical Activity (CAPPA) for Employees With Chronic Knee Symptoms

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief health coaching intervention based on an approach known as brief action planning + Fitbit can increase physical activity in employees with chronic knee symptoms who work for Advocate Aurora Health. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will a greater proportion of people in the health coaching intervention increase physical activity to at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week than a group of people with an attention-control intervention (Fitbit+health education coaching)?
* Can we predict who will not increase physical activity levels to at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week by the end of the study (3 and 6 months) based upon Fitbit data captured over the first four weeks?

Researchers will compare a health education coaching intervention + Fitbit to see if providing a Fitbit + attention control will increase physical activity to at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week among members of the attention-control group.

Participants will engage in

* Online study orientation and question and answer session
* Three assessment sessions (baseline, 3 months, 6 months)
* A 12 week intervention with no less than four (4) and no more than twelve (12) health coaching sessions. Physical activity health coaching will make action plans for health coaching. Health education coaching will focus on educating participants on non-physical activity factors related to a comprehensive management of chronic knee symptoms, such as managing fatigue, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, etc.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis of Knee
• Knee Pain Chronic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CAPPA

See CAPPA arm description.

BEHAVIORAL

Health education

See health education arm description

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Rush University

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

  collaborator NIH

• Marquette University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Daniel Pinto, PhD · Marquette University

• Rowland W Chang, MD MPH · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-08-12

Primary Completion

2026-02-02

Completion

2026-02-03

Countries

• United States

Study Locations