Use of Wearable Tech to Increase Physical Activity in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Patients With Chronic Pain

NCT ID: NCT04031092

Last Updated: 2020-01-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-08

Study Completion Date

2020-01-14

Brief Summary

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The aim of this project is to evaluate whether use of wearable tech increases levels of physical activity in patients participating in inpatient rehabilitation for chronic pain.

Detailed Description

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Chronic pain is a vast problem with profound consequences for individuals and societies. Exercise and physical activity is an important part of the treatment for chronic pain. Use of wearable tech might be a way to help facilitate physical activity in patients with chronic pain. Here it will be evaluated whether use of wearable tech giving feedback about the user's activity level increases physical activity in patients participating in inpatient rehabilitation for chronic pain. The control group will be wearing the same wearable tech as the intervention group, but they will not receive any feedback about their activity level.

The feedback application will give participants in the intervention group information about the number of PAI they earn each week. PAI is short for personal activity Intelligence. You earn PAI points every time your heart rate increases: The higher heart rate, the faster you earn PAI. Previous research have shown that those who achieve 100 PAI or more every week over time live for an average of more than eight years longer than others.

During the study all participants will take part in a traditional inpatient rehabilitation program. The program consist of two periods at the rehabilitation center with two weeks at home in-between. The study will take place during the two periods at the senter and the period at home. Time spent on physical activity and number of earned PAI's will be counted during the period at home.

Conditions

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Chronic Pain Musculoskeletal Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A parallel group design with two groups
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators
The researchers performing the analyses will be blinded

Study Groups

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Wearable tech with feedback

This group will be wearing an activity measurement device (wristband) and receive feedback about their activity level through a mobile application while taking part in a traditional inpatient rehabilitation program for patients with chronic pain.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Wearable tech with feedback

Intervention Type DEVICE

An armwrist device measuring physical activity level. The user will receive information about their physical activity level through their smartphone.

Rehabilitation program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

traditional inpatient rehabilitation program.

Wearable tech without feedback

This group will be wearing the same the activity measurement device as the intervention group, but they will not receive any feedback about their activity level. They will not have access to the mobile application. They will take part in the same rehabilitation program as the intervention group.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Wearable tech without feedback

Intervention Type DEVICE

An armwrist device measuring physical activity level, no reporting back to the user.

Rehabilitation program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

traditional inpatient rehabilitation program.

Interventions

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Wearable tech with feedback

An armwrist device measuring physical activity level. The user will receive information about their physical activity level through their smartphone.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Wearable tech without feedback

An armwrist device measuring physical activity level, no reporting back to the user.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Rehabilitation program

traditional inpatient rehabilitation program.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* taking part in inpatient rehabilitation at Unicare Helefort Rehabilitation center for chronic pain.

Exclusion Criteria

* not having a smartphone (will not be able to access the mobile application).
* using a wheelchair (the technology will be not able to measure activity correctly)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lene Aasdahl, PhD MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan Normal University

Jorunn Helbostad, Dr Philos

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Locations

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Unicare Helsefort

Rissa, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Other Identifiers

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2019/800

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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