Increasing Walking Following Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Increasing Walking Following Completion of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00281424
• Other study ID #: B-080105
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: January 20, 2006
• Last updated: October 26, 2016
• Start date: June 2005
• Est. completion date: January 2009

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: University of Alberta, Physical Education
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the project was to test the widely endorsed assumption that pedometers produce or encourage more physical activity participation in the form of walking. The investigators hypothesized that pedometers would not increase the amount of walking cardiac patients participated in after their cardiac rehabilitation program compared to patients without pedometers.

Description:

As evidenced by the media attention given to pedometers and recent physical activity promotional efforts focused on pedometers, people seem to think that owning a pedometer will influence activity levels.

However, an examination of a few social cognitive theories produces no theoretical rationale that would support any sustained positive influence of pedometers in the absence of some other conditional factor, such as a behavioural goal or a social support system. We believe that once people determine how many steps their usual routes and daily activity typically amounts to, that the pedometer will no longer be used. We based our contentions on two theories: self efficacy theory (Bandura, 1986;1997) and self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 2009
• Est. primary completion date: January 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients referred to the Northern Alberta Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

• Patients who are willing to participate

• Are able to read English

• Patients who are able to walk at 2.0 mph based on their exercise stress test results

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients unable to walk or walking contra-indicated

• unwilling

• do not read English

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Diseases
• Heart Diseases
• Walking

Intervention

Device:
• pedometer
gave pedometer and info

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital	Edmonton	Alberta

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alberta, Physical Education

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity behaviour		months	No