TY - JOUR
T1 - The efficacy of motivational counseling and SMS-reminders on daily sitting time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
T2 - protocol for a randomized controlled trial
AU - Esbensen, Bente Appel
AU - Thomsen, Tanja
AU - Hetland, Merete L
AU - Beyer, Nina
AU - Midtgaard, Julie
AU - Løppenthin, Katrine
AU - Jennum, Poul
AU - Østergaard, Mikkel
AU - Sørensen, Jan
AU - Christensen, Robin
AU - Aadahl, Mette
PY - 2015/1/27
Y1 - 2015/1/27
N2 - Background: Patients with RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) are more sedentary than the general population. Reduction of Sedentary Behaviour (SB) has been suggested as a mean for improvement of health in patients with chronic diseases and mobility problems. Short-term intervention studies have demonstrated that SB can be reduced by behavioural interventions in healthy populations. However, it remains unexplored whether it is valid for patients with RA also. Methods/Design: For this parallel group randomized trial, 150 patients with RA and at least 5 hours of sitting time per day, will be recruited from a rheumatology outpatient clinic, and block-randomized to the intervention group or the control group receiving usual care. The intervention includes: 1) individual motivational counseling (in total 3 sessions) on reduction of daily sitting time in combination with 2) individual Short Text Message Service (SMS) reminders over a 16-week intervention period. Primary outcome is change in daily sitting time (minutes) from baseline to 16 weeks measured objectively using an ActivPAL® Activity Monitor. Secondary outcomes include fatigue, pain, physical function, HR-QoL, self-efficacy, costs and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, anthropometric measures will be included as well as measurement of blood pressure and serum lipids. All outcomes are assessed at baseline and repeated after 16 weeks. Follow-up assessments are made at 6 and 18 months post-intervention. Discussion: The intervention is simple, non-invasive and may be implemented at low costs. If the study confirms the positive results expected, the intervention might be implemented in clinical practice and potentially transferred to other clinical populations. Trial registration: ClinicalTrial.gov registration number: NCT01969604. Date of registration: 17 October 2013.
AB - Background: Patients with RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) are more sedentary than the general population. Reduction of Sedentary Behaviour (SB) has been suggested as a mean for improvement of health in patients with chronic diseases and mobility problems. Short-term intervention studies have demonstrated that SB can be reduced by behavioural interventions in healthy populations. However, it remains unexplored whether it is valid for patients with RA also. Methods/Design: For this parallel group randomized trial, 150 patients with RA and at least 5 hours of sitting time per day, will be recruited from a rheumatology outpatient clinic, and block-randomized to the intervention group or the control group receiving usual care. The intervention includes: 1) individual motivational counseling (in total 3 sessions) on reduction of daily sitting time in combination with 2) individual Short Text Message Service (SMS) reminders over a 16-week intervention period. Primary outcome is change in daily sitting time (minutes) from baseline to 16 weeks measured objectively using an ActivPAL® Activity Monitor. Secondary outcomes include fatigue, pain, physical function, HR-QoL, self-efficacy, costs and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, anthropometric measures will be included as well as measurement of blood pressure and serum lipids. All outcomes are assessed at baseline and repeated after 16 weeks. Follow-up assessments are made at 6 and 18 months post-intervention. Discussion: The intervention is simple, non-invasive and may be implemented at low costs. If the study confirms the positive results expected, the intervention might be implemented in clinical practice and potentially transferred to other clinical populations. Trial registration: ClinicalTrial.gov registration number: NCT01969604. Date of registration: 17 October 2013.
KW - Arthritis, Rheumatoid
KW - Clinical Protocols
KW - Costs and Cost Analysis
KW - Counseling
KW - Data Interpretation, Statistical
KW - Humans
KW - Lipids
KW - Motivation
KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Sedentary Lifestyle
KW - Text Messaging
U2 - 10.1186/s13063-014-0540-x
DO - 10.1186/s13063-014-0540-x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25623388
SN - 1745-6215
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Trials
JF - Trials
M1 - 23
ER -