Development of Compliance Questionnaire for Home Exercise Program

April 29, 2025 updated by: Elif Elcin Dereli, Istanbul Bilgi University

Development of a Compliance Questionnaire for Therapeutic Home Exercise Program in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (CQ-HEPT) Using the Delphi Method

Exercise is a valuable basic treatment method in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. However, the effectiveness of exercise therapy requires the individual to be attentive, compliant, and disciplined. Therefore, it is important to examine the factors that may affect compliance with exercise. The main aim of this study is to develop a questionnaire that can describe individuals' compliance with participation in a home exercise program using the Delphi method and then analyze the psychometric validity and reliability of this questionnaire. The value that the evaluation questionnaire planned to be obtained at the end of such a study will add to exercise science, which is one of the most powerful treatment elements of physiotherapy and rehabilitation discipline, is important.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Exercise is a valuable basic treatment method in the discipline of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. The importance of exercise in maintaining and improving health or in combating diseases and/or injuries has been recognized. However, exercise therapy requires care, compliance, and discipline, otherwise, it is not possible to achieve positive results from this type of treatment. Examining factors that affect adherence to exercise can help understand and resolve issues that may hinder individual participation. The planned aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire that could describe individuals' compliance with participation in a home exercise program using the Delphi method, and then analyze the psychometric validity and reliability of this questionnaire. For this reason, academic physiotherapists or physiotherapists with at least 5 years of clinical experience will be asked to identify questions and details that can assess individuals' compliance with home exercise. Based on their responses, a questionnaire with at least 10 questions will be prepared by the investigators. Then, the appropriateness of the questions of this questionnaire will be examined and presented to the expert opinions again. The participating experts will be asked to rate each item sent to them on a Likert-type scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) whether it should be included in the questionnaire. If there is 80% or more consensus on an item for 4 and 5, the item will be considered to have reached consensus. Once the questionnaire has been created based on the Delphi method, it will be administered as an online questionnaire to 50 volunteer participants who have been given a home exercise program within physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment and thus the basic psychometric properties of the questionnaire (internal consistency, test-retest reliability) will be analyzed. The evaluation questionnaire planned to be obtained at the end of this study is expected to significantly contribute to the field of exercise science.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Beyoglu
      • Istanbul, Beyoglu, Turkey, 34440
        • Istanbul Bilgi University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion criteria for the Delphi rounds are individuals who meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Five or more years of professional experience in the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.
  • Holding an academic position in the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.

For testing the obtained questionnaire,

The inclusion criteria are:

  • To have recently or previously taken a home exercise program
  • To be over 18 years old

The exclusion criteria are:

-To have a condition that prevents the individual from understanding and completing the online questionnaire.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Compliance Questionnaire for Therapeutic Home Exercise Program in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Participants will be asked to complete the questionnaire developed.
Other: Compliance Questionnaire for Therapeutic Home Exercise Program in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (cq-HEPT)
An online application of the developed questionnaire form

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Compliance Questionnaire for Therapeutic Home Exercise Program in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (CQ-HEPT)
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months.
The questionnaire planned to be developed by the investigators using the Delphi method
through study completion, an average of 6 months.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Istanbul Bilgi University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Elif E Dereli, Assoc. Prof., Istanbul Bilgi University
  • Study Director: Tugba K Colak, Assoc. Prof., Marmara University
  • Principal Investigator: Aycan C Reyhan, PhD, Istanbul Bilgi University
  • Principal Investigator: Cigdem Emirza, MSc, Istanbul Bilgi University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 24, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 25, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 26, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

March 7, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 2, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 202240034145

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

There is not a plan to make IPD available.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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