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Do Text Message Reminders Increase Preoperative Exercise in Obesity Surgery Candidates?

NCT ID: NCT01607177

Last Updated: 2013-11-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

102 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-08-31

Study Completion Date

2013-09-30

Brief Summary

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Preoperative exercise has been shown to improve physiological and functional capacity in patients undergoing abdominal surgery to prepare them for the stress of surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are advised to partake in regular preoperative exercise. In the setting of bariatric surgery, as well as preparing patients for the stress of surgery, it is also thought to increase the likelihood that they will exercise postoperatively. However, compliance to this advice is extremely low. Text-message interventions have been shown to improve compliance to other lifestyle interventions. The investigators will compare the rate of compliance to preoperative exercise prior to bariatric surgery in patients who receive a daily text message to those who do not. The investigators will also compare weight loss.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Perioperative Care Bariatric Surgery Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Text message group

Patients randomised to this group will receive daily text message reminders used to motivate them to exercise in the preoperative period. They will also receive an exercise information sheet to complement the text messages.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Daily text message reminders

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Daily text message reminders to motivate patients to exercise in conjunction with an exercise information sheet.

No text message group

Patients randomised to this group will receive standardised exercise advice but will not receive the text message reminders or the exercise information sheet.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Daily text message reminders

Daily text message reminders to motivate patients to exercise in conjunction with an exercise information sheet.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients having laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at Manukau Surgery Centre
* Operation used primarily for the treatment of morbid obesity

Exclusion Criteria

* Operation not performed at Manukau Surgery Centre
* Patient does not have a mobile phone which can receive text messages
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Health Research Council, New Zealand

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Auckland, New Zealand

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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SACS

Professor Andrew G. Hill

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Andrew G Hill, MBChB, MD, EdD, FRACS, FACS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland

Locations

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Manukau Surgery Centre

Auckland, Manukau City, New Zealand

Site Status

Countries

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New Zealand

Other Identifiers

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Bariatric Prehabilitation

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id