Telehealth-Based Exercise Program to Treat Fatigue in MS

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-10-31

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is a clinical trial examining a brief motivational intervention to improve adherence to exercise among individuals with MS to improve fatigue.

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Detailed Description

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This is a 2-arm single blind parallel group RCT comparing a brief telephone based motivational intervention to an informational control to improve adherence to exercise among individuals with MS. The primary outcome is improvement in fatigue.

Conditions

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Multiple Sclerosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Brief telephone-based counseling

Telephone based counseling and instructional video

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Brief telephone-based counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief telephone-based counseling using Motivational Interviewing and physical activity goal setting and problem solving

Education Counseling

Mailed Physical Activity information and instructional video only

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Education counseling

Intervention Type OTHER

Mailed informational video of exercise programs

Interventions

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Brief telephone-based counseling

Brief telephone-based counseling using Motivational Interviewing and physical activity goal setting and problem solving

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education counseling

Mailed informational video of exercise programs

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Multiple Sclerosis
* Veteran receiving services in VA VISN 20
* Fatigue
* Ability to ambulate
* cell phone or Household phone line
* Individual with multiple sclerosis verified by MS provider
* ambulatory