Virtual Group Motivation in Exercise Treadmill Testing

NCT ID: NCT03704493

Last Updated: 2018-10-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 108 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-07-07
• Study Completion Date: 2014-09-26

Brief Summary

Exercise stress testing is the most frequently used clinical tool for assessment of coronary artery disease. To ensure a high validity of the results, a good Patient compliance is crucial. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of a virtually presented exercise group on the perceived comfort and the exercise capacity of patients during classical treadmill exercise testing. The investigators hypothesis is, that a virtually presented running group will increase the comfort of patients and their exercise capacity.

Detailed Description

108 Patients were randomized in an open label trial 1:1 to either exercise treadmill testing while watching a static image of a flower (image group) or to exercise treadmill testing while watching a video of 5 amateur runners, running across and fields, giving the patient the impression of running within the group (video group). After the exercise test patients were asked to score their perceived comfort level and achieved level of their subjective physical limit on a 10 point scale.

Standard exercise treadmill parameters, as well as baseline demographic data were recorded of each patient. Patients with missing data was excluded of the analysis.

Statistic analysis was performed with t-test for normally distributed data and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney-Test for non-normal data.

Conditions

Exercise Test

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Image Group

The patients were looking at a static image of a lavender flower while exercising on the treadmill.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Video Group

The patients were watching a video of a group of amateur runners while exercising on the treadmill.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Video Group

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A video of a group of five amateur runners running along woods and fields. The group was filmed from behind to give the patient the impression of running within the group.

Interventions

Video Group

A video of a group of five amateur runners running along woods and fields. The group was filmed from behind to give the patient the impression of running within the group.

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• indication for exercise stress testing

Exclusion Criteria

• any contraindication for exercise stress testing
• unability of performing an exercise treadmill test
• recent surgery

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Kantonsspital Baden

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Urs Hufschmid

Head of Cardiology, Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jürg Hans Beer, Prof.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Head of the Department of Internal Medicine

References

Wilzeck VC, Hufschmid J, Bischof L, Hansi C, Nagele MP, Beer JH, Hufschmid U. A significant increase in exercise test performance with virtual group motivation: a randomised open-label controlled trial. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020 Jul 15;150:w20287. doi: 10.4414/smw.2020.20287. eCollection 2020 Jul 13.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 32725609 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

ErgoTrial

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id