View clinical trials related to Physical Inactivity.
Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to compare Integrated Resiliency Training and Task Sharing (IRTTS) to Workplace Improvement Learning Collaborative (WILC) in group homes for adults with serious mental illness and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is IRTTS superior to WILC in improving residential care worker (RCW) resiliency; stress management and burnout; depression and anxiety; and positive health behaviors? - Is IRTTS superior to WILC in improving RCW turnover/retention; RCW sick days/absenteeism; and group home safety and resident incidents? - What are the barriers, facilitators, and resources required to successfully implement IRTTS and WILC? Participants may engage in training sessions, collaborate with residents and other RCWs in their group homes, attend meetings with RCWs from other group homes, complete surveys, participate in focus groups, and/or give qualitative interviews. Researchers will compare IRTTS to WILC to see which intervention should be implemented to achieve the greatest improvement in RCW resiliency and greatest reduction in burnout and turnover in group homes for adults with serious mental illness and/or developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Reaction time, movement and total movement time are said to affect athletic performance. The unit of time between giving a stimulus to the person and the beginning of the person's voluntary response to this stimulus is defined as the reaction time. Recent studies have reported that reaction time may depend on gender differences, neuromuscular and neurophysiological factors, force production, structural and neural properties of muscles, and information processing speed.
This intervention study aims to evaluate the before and after changes in physical fitness, cardiorespiratory status, exercise capacity, fatigue, anxiety, dyspnea, psychoemotional conditions, and quality of life through 3 sessions per week for 4-week of an intensive therapeutic program in post coronavirus survivors. In addition, it aims to answer the main questions before and after the clinical trial study. - Does three sessions per week for 4-week of an intensive therapeutic program improve patients' physical fitness, cardiorespiratory status, and exercise capacity? - Does it improve physical endurance and fitness, enhancing fatigue, anxiety, and dyspnea on post coronavirus patients? Participants will ask first to answer these questionnaires before and after the intervention. - Berg Balance Scale (BBS): to assess the patient's ability (or inability) to safely balance (standing, active, and fall risk) during a series of planned tasks. - The Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnea Scale: is used to assess patients' degree of baseline functional impairment due to dyspnea from respiratory diseases. - Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale- 21 Items (DASS-21): measures the emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress. - Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS): evaluates symptoms of chronic fatigue. - Quality of Life (QOL)-short form-36: to assess the quality of life and calculate eight subscales: physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role emotional, and mental health. After answering the questionnaires, the patients will then go through multiple tests before and after the intervention: - A 6-min walk test (6-MWT): is the primary measure of this study to assess aerobic capacity and endurance. - 10-meter walk test (10MWT): assess walking speed in meters per second over a short distance and assess capacity and endurance. - Time Up and Go (TUG) test: assess lower extremity function, mobility, and fall risk. The TUG test is the shortest, most straightforward clinical balance test available to predict the risk of falls. - 1-min sit-to-stand test (1-MSTST): assess lower extremity strength for one minute.
The overarching goal of the proposed study is to develop and test an enrichment to Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) using an existing, evidence-based program to improve clients' and their children's cardiovascular health from early pregnancy to 24 months postpartum. With support from NFP supervisors and nurses, the investigators will develop new NFP materials promoting healthy diet, activity, sleep, and smoking behaviors, along with optimal weight, glycemia, lipid, and blood pressure profiles. The investigators will conduct a pilot study with up to 40 NFP clients (or women similar to NFP client population) and their nurses to determine feasibility and acceptability of the materials and study protocol.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of sport-based physical education (PE) curriculum on activity behaviors (moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior), executive functions, and academic performance in elementary school-aged children, particularly among low-income ethnic minorities. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Whether a school-based sport program can improve child engagement in school-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and total daily MVPA, compared to a control group (standard PE class)? - Whether a school-based sport program can improve child executive functions and academic performance, compared to a control group (standard PE class)? Participants randomized to receive the ACtive Children Enhance LEaRning and AttenTION (ACCELERATION) intervention (treatment) received - 45-minute weekly for 10 weeks soccer (ball mastery exercises) curriculum led by trained PE teachers during the school PE lesson time. - Homework required practicing learned ball mastery skills daily for 15-20 minutes at home. A required ball was provided to them. - Virtual parent workshops, which required the attendance of parents of study participants to improve their understanding of all about the program Researchers will compare the control group, who received a regular PE class curriculum, to see if there are any differences in child activity behaviors, executive functions, and academic performance.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a precision (person-specific and context-sensitive) messaging algorithm for increasing physical activity and slowing weight gain in insufficiently-active young adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does physical activity increase more when text messages are sent based on a precision rule for selecting and timing messages compared to when the same message content is selected and sent at random or not at all? - Do biological or social characteristics of young adults make them more likely to respond positively to the precision messaging intervention than either of the other two interventions? Participants will be provided with education about health-enhancing physical activity and given an activity tracker to wear for 12 months. They will then be randomly assigned to one of three groups. Participants in one group (Precision AIM) will receive up to 4 messages/day selected and timed based on a person-specific algorithm that forecasts possible message effects periodically throughout the day. Messages will be drawn from one of three content libraries: move more, sit less, or inspirational quotes. Participants in a second group (Random AIM) will receive 4 messages/day selected at random from the same three content libraries and delivered at random times within their availability window. Participants in the third group (No AIM) will receive not motivational messages but will randomly assigned to the Random AIM group will receive up to 4 messages/day drawn at random from three content libraries at randomly-selected times. Step counts and weight will be assessed at baseline, and at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months. Researchers will compare Precision AIM, Random AIM and No AIM groups to see if physical activity increased more and weight gain was slower in Precision AIM than Random AIM or No AIM after 3, 6, and 12 months of intervention, and 6 months after the intervention is complete (18 months).
This randomized control trial (RCT) aims to test the effect of a 12 weeks tailored behavioral intervention on stroke survivors living in the community and compare the results to a control group of stroke survivors participating in standard care. The intervention's purpose is to lower the time spend with sedentary behavior and raise the level of physical activity in stroke survivors throughout their everyday life. The intervention contains two motivational interviews with a focus on goal setting, action planning, motivation, fatigue management, and general information on life after stroke. The primary outcome for behavior change is objectively measured physical activity using an activity tracker (ActivPal4 Micro) and secondary glycohemoglobin and changes in quality of life.
Regular physical activity (PA) and adopting an active lifestyle protect against non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, obesity, and colon cancer in the general population. However, the habit of doing regular FA in societies is quite low. It is reported that those adopting a sedentary lifestyle in the general population range from 16.3% to 39.1%, with an average of 27.5%. These values indicate that the risk of contracting non-communicable diseases can be reduced by developing the habit of doing FA for almost one-third of the population. Based on this idea, the World Health Organization has decided to increase FA by 10% among the "Nine Global Goals" it has addressed against the spread of non-communicable diseases. People with mental health problems are less active than the general population. For example, it is reported that people diagnosed with major depression syndrome are 50% less active than their peers. Dikerson et al. reported that people with mental illnesses are 50% more obese than their peers. Verhoeven et al. They concluded that people with severe and chronic depression will age biologically earlier (7-10 years) than their peers. They emphasized the importance of lifestyle changes in the prevention of biological aging and possible diseases (coronary diseases, type-2 diabetes, obesity, dementia, cancer). Marquez et al. also indicate that there is a significant relationship between mental illnesses and chronic medical problems such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and obesity. Therefore, increasing the habit of regular PA and exercise among people with mental health problems is important in protecting against diseases. Our study aims to adopt the habit of doing physical activity accompanied by technology-supported GCH Brain Breaks®️ videos applied to people with mental health problems; In this context, at least 20 minutes of video-accompanied FA and exercise and 30 minutes of exercise in individuals every day to gain the habit of walking.
This study aims to address if robot assisted physical training can prevent functional decline during acute hospitalisation in older geriatric patients. Design: blinded RCT. Patients: n = 488. Primary outcome is functional decline, assessed by Barthel-Index and 30s chair stand test. One- and three months follow-up.
Despite the high interest in physical activity, many individuals lack the necessary experience in being active and therefore have low levels of knowledge and confidence to become and stay active. For effective lifestyle changes to occur, information must be tailored to the individual's health, goals, motivations, and overall ability. Lifestyle interventions, for example those designed to increase physical activity, are only effective when adapted to the physical, social, and psychological needs of the patient and progressed at rate appropriate for their development by specialist health professional. In the context of ethnic minority health, information must also be culturally adapted, sensitive to religious needs, and accessible to those where English is not proficient. Behavioural digital health interventions have been moderately successful in increasing physical activity, although opportunities for further improvement remain to be discussed. New technologies involving the use of artificial intelligence (AI) are growing, and allow the dissemination of individualised and tailored advice and information. Whilst a few AI-driven physical activity-based applications exist, they are not widely used, particularly amongst people from ethnic minority groups where both physical activity and digital health literacy is poor. Research has identified that whilst many people would be receptive to using health chatbots, hesitancy regarding this technology is likely to compromise engagement. In particular, user perspectives, motivation and capabilities need to be taken into account when developing and assessing the effectiveness of health chatbots. Guidance suggests that developing health chatbots should focus on issues of digital literacy, linguistic and cultural issues, privacy concerns, and personalization. As such, any development needs to involve user-driven co-creation techniques and involving community partners to increase the probability that it will ultimately be effective. Aims Aim 1 Gain a new understanding of barriers and facilitators to digital physical activity interventions and AI-delivered healthcare in people from ethnic minority groups through an online survey Aim 2 To conduct a series of focus groups to explore participants understanding and identifying barriers and facilitators to digital physical activity interventions. In particular to: i)Better understand general barriers and facilitators (focus on access and provision of education, and physical, environmental, cultural and psycho-social barriers) to physical activity; ii)Explore current and future usage of digital-based resources to facilitate physical activity behaviour; iii)Investigate views of use of AI in digital-based healthcare applications (e.g., trust in such applications)