Physical Activity Telehealth Intervention After Percutaneous Coronary Procedures

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of using targeted daily cell phone interaction to facilitate behavior change for physical activity in previously-sedentary individuals who have recently undergone a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Physical Activity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Physical Activity Promotion Intervention

Detailed Description

Regular physical activity is important in the maintenance of cardiovascular health, and is especially critical for previously sedentary individuals who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. Changing behavior to adopt and maintain recommended physical activity levels in this population is difficult. Interventions to accomplish behavior change will not work unless they can be adopted into a person's busy lifestyle. This proposed study fills a gap by testing the feasibility of an innovative, targeted intervention (Physical Activity Promotion Telehealth Intervention), delivered by a practical and feasible platform (cell phone). The asynchronous targeted daily interaction will consist of 5-6 text, picture, and/or video messages delivered to the subject's cell phone each day. Upon successful completion of this study, it is believed that these feasibility findings will provide a foundation for the testing of a larger clinical trial to promote physical activity in this population.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Nebraska
    • Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68526
      • Nebraska Heart Hospital
    • Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68516
      • Bryan LGH Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• First-time PCI cardiac revascularization
• Age of 19 years or older
• Residing in a rural community
• Previously sedentary
• Physician approval to participate in this study
• Oriented to person, place, and time
• Able to see and hear (able to read the screen of a cell phone, and hear audio over a cell phone)
• Able to speak and read English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Residing in area of Nebraska that does not have cell phone transmission
• Physical impairments limiting participation in physical activity and exercise following PCI
• Evaluated by their physician to be TOO HIGH RISK for moderate physical activity as proposed in this study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Physical Activity Promotion Intervention; Subjects in the experimental group (Physical Activity Promotion Telehealth Intervention) will receive messages on the study cell phone - approximately 2 to 3 messages every day. These messages will be tips to help them engage in physical activity and also to help them keep the physical activity appropriate. Walking will be primarily the suggested mode of activity.	Behavioral: Physical Activity Promotion Intervention; Subjects in the experimental group (Physical Activity Promotion Telehealth Intervention) will receive messages on the study cell phone - approximately 2 to 3 messages every day. Depending on the subject's responses to the questionnaires at baseline (stages and processes of change) they will be given tips to help them engage in physical activity (such as messages to increase their self-efficacy or confidence, walking with a friend or spouse, breaking up physical activity bouts into 10 minutes bouts, etc.) and also to help them keep the physical activity appropriate. Walking will be primarily the suggested mode of activity.
No Intervention: Atttention Control; Subjects in the attention control group will receive only general health messages on their study cell phone (not physical activity promoting messages). They also will receive any usual post-PCI procedure care that all get.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Feasibility Aspects of the Physical Activity Telehealth Intervention	Evaluate the feasibility of each component of this pilot study, in order to refine the intervention for a larger clinical trial. This will include: Evaluate all aspects of implementation (numbers of subjects contacted, enrollment, attrition; problems and solutions identified using the telehealth platform, time for delivery; subject acceptance and perception).; Evaluate feasibility of the data collection methods (time required for data collection, missing data, reliability estimates of outcomes).; Estimate effect sizes for sample size determinations for a future, larger clinical trial.	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical Activity Measures	Pilot test the impact of the Physical Activity Promotion Telehealth Intervention in post-PCI patients over time compared to patients receiving attention only, on the following outcomes: Movement through the stages of readiness for physical activity.; Behavior change constructs (self efficacy for exercise, decisional balance, and use of processes for change).; Amount of physical activity (estimated energy expenditure per day as measured by the actigraph accelerometer) and exercise (reported minutes exercising per day).	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Nebraska
• Collaborators: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Janet L Nieveen, PhD, RN, University of Nebraska

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2012
• First Posted (Estimated): August 27, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 6, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 30, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical activity; percutaneous coronary intervention; heart disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0178-09-FB; 5P20NR011404-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)