Activity Pacing for Fatigue Management

NCT ID: NCT06001970

Last Updated: 2023-08-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

54 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-10

Study Completion Date

2024-03-31

Brief Summary

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This project will focus on perceived fatigue as a barrier to physical activity participation and will explore if and how activity pacing, fatigue management, and self-regulation strategies can help to overcome this barrier in adults with chronic conditions who experience fatigue symptoms. The main aims are:

1. To demonstrate the differences and similarities on activity pacing, perceived fatigue, self-regulation, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in adults who experience fatigue by comparing individuals who have been through an activity pacing program or not.
2. To explore thoughts, experiences, needs, and perspectives on activity pacing of adults with fatigue and health professionals as well as any ideas for future development of an optimal intervention.

Participants will be invited to complete questionnaires on several variables (activity pacing, physical activity, fatigue, health-related quality of life, and self-regulation of physical activity). In addition, they will be invited to wear an Actigraph for 7 full days and they will also be invited to a focus group interview.

Detailed Description

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Activity pacing is a fatigue management strategy that regulates energy and activity levels while maintaining or increasing engagement in physical activity. This approach is particularly beneficial for individuals with chronic conditions who experience significant fatigue as they often struggle with sustained physical activity participation due to recurring patterns of overexertion and subsequent fatigue or pain. Therefore, activity pacing strategies are important because individuals learn to manage fatigue symptoms, optimize physical activity behaviour, and accomplish a more stable activity pacing pattern, which will improve their health-related quality of life and well-being.

Conditions

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Fatigue Chronic Condition Self-regulation Physical Activity Activity Pacing

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Adults who experience fatigue and have been through an activity pacing program

Adults with chronic conditions who experience fatigue recruited from Cresta Fatigue Clinic, Newcastle, UK

No interventions assigned to this group

Adults who experience fatigue and have not been through an activity pacing program

Adults with chronic conditions who experience fatigue recruited from the waiting list of Cresta Fatigue Clinic, Newcastle, UK

No interventions assigned to this group

Health professionals working on activity pacing

Health professionals who are working on Cresta Fatigue Clinic, Newcastle, UK

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosed with a chronic condition
* Experience fatigue
* Ambulatory

Exclusion Criteria

* Children
* Wheelchair users
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Northumbria University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Northumbria University

Newcastle, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Ioulia Barakou, MSc

Role: CONTACT

07752464152

Florentina Hettinga, PhD

Role: CONTACT

0191 227 3989

Facility Contacts

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Ioulia Barakou

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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313465

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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