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Filter by:SUMMARY Background: Several studies have shown physical activity (PA) to be inversely correlated to disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, it is unclear whether improved PA leads to lower disease activity or if low disease activity predicts improved PA in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Furthermore, it is unknown how fibromyalgia (FM) affects this interaction. Objective(s): Our primary objective will be to compare the effect of an immediate improvement in physical activity after one week on the proportion of RA patients achieving low disease activity after 12 weeks of biological treatment. Furthermore, we will explore whether the presence of concomitant FM affects this clinical response (i.e., interaction between FM status and PA response). Design: A prospective cohort study in the form of a target-trial attempting to address a causal question comparing the outcome among the participants with an immediate improvement in physical activity, relative to individuals without. Setting and patients: Biologically naive RA patients initiating biological treatment are consecutively enrolled. PA is quantified by accelerometry one week prior to, one week after, and after 3 months of biological treatment. Sample size: 100 RA patients starting biological therapy is planned enrolled in the study. Measurements: RA patients will be divided into two groups depending on their improvement in physical activity after onset of biological treatment. The percentage of time spent in moderate-to-vigorously physical activity (MVPA) i.e., the percentage of time a patient is in motion [walking, running, bicycling, or swimming] is measured prior to, one week, and approximately 3 months after biological treatment onset, respectively. The MVPA ratio (MVPA After biological treatment/MVPA Before biological treatment) will divide patients enabling a contrast between two groups: Those with high improvement considering MVPA (after 1 week; the upper tertile of MVPA ratio of the sample) and those without. Treatment response (achieving a disease activity score < 3.2) after approximately 3 months from baseline will be analyzed as the contrast between groups.
The goal of the study is to build a Register accruing data derived from the compilation of the questionnaire about LifeStyle for a population both of adults and of young boys and girls. The investigators are confident that in this way they will be able to expand the database they already have. The investigators will be able to increase the strength of the correlations between LS indices and health indicators. In particular, the investigators will emphasize the relationship between physical activity, stress, and diet quality on one hand, and on the other, they will focus on physiological parameters, like arterial pressure, gluco-lipid profile, and possible pathologies.
This study aims to advance the scientific understanding and potential future implementation of physical activity promotion by testing the efficacy of a phone-based app for increasing activity in insufficiently active patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Intermediaries help people to connect to community-based services and supports, including physical activity and exercise groups (physical activities). They do this by acting as a link person. After receiving a referral or self-referral, they conduct an assessment, connect people to services in the community, and follow-up with people over time. This project will investigate if connecting to physical activities through an intermediary can improve health and wellbeing. It will also investigate people's experiences of working with an intermediary. This project is a pilot feasibility study, which means the investigators are evaluating the measures used and the way the trial is designed to see if they are suitable for a larger study in the future.
The Y-PATH programme is an evidence-based intervention programme that has been found to be successful at increasing levels of physical activity in school children in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Heart Foundation collaborated with Dublin City University and University College Cork to disseminate the programme nationally. The intervention programme aims to improve physical activity levels of adolescents through education about the importance of physical activity for health and the development of fundamental movement skills, which are basic movements associated with physical activity, such as, catching, throwing, and running. The main aims of the Y-PATH NI study are: - To explore Y-PATH as an intervention 'template', to lead the development of a research-informed model suitable for feasibility testing in a Northern Ireland context (Y-PATH NI). - To undertake feasibility testing of the Y-PATH NI multi-component intervention aimed at increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 11-14 year olds. - To conduct a process evaluation to determine primarily fidelity, but also acceptance and sustainability of the Y-PATH NI intervention.
The aim of this mixed methods trial is to investigate the feasibility of a collective person-centred dialogue (COPE-D) intervention delivered by an interdisciplinary team for a population of patients hospitalised and diagnosed with COPD and their relatives. The main questions it aims to answer are: - The clinical uncertainties: What components of the COPE-D intervention are delivered to the included patients? (The data will be collected from the patient's journal record) - The clinical uncertainties: How acceptable is the COPE-D intervention for the patients, relatives, and the interdisciplinary team? (Answered by patient and relative interviews with a structured interview guide before discharge and 14 days after hospitalisation, and by the interdisciplinary team using focus-group interviews after the intervention enrolment). - The procedural uncertainties: Are the patients willing to engage in the trial? (Estimated by the inclusion rate). The interdisciplinary team will be instructed to deliver and document the COPE-D intervention. The primary focus of COPE-D intervention is to prepare and enhance the patient's and relative's ability to regain their everyday life after discharge. The COPE-D intervention includes a dialogue tool based on a needs assessment, an action plan template, and a patient guide that prepares for discharge. The interdisciplinary team will collaborate with COPD patients and their relatives to: 1. Assess the patient's need for nutrition and physical activity support, both during and after hospitalisation using the dialogue tool. 2. Develop an action plan for nutrition and physical activity support using the action plan template. 3. The interdisciplinary team will provide, adjust, and document the nutritional and physical activity support provided by the action plan. 4. Prior to discharge, patients and their relatives are given a discharge guide with pre-defined questions to ask healthcare professionals, a contact telephone number to the outpatient clinic for follow-up if needed, and information about prescriptions for oral nutritional supplementation.
Developing tools to detect when our bodies are more resistant towards protein synthesis is valuable for identification of when someone may be at risk of losing body or muscle mass such as with aging or certain diseases. The current study aims to refine our previous breath test method to be more effective at measuring changes in how the body processes protein in different situations, such as resting, reducing physical activity, and doing resistance exercise. We hypothesize that using a lower amount of dietary amino acids in our breath test will be effective at detecting lower amounts of amino acids used after exercise, and a greater amount with step reduction compared to normal activity levels
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of social media addiction on functional exercise capacity and maximal exercise capacity in university students.
Lack of physical activity (PA) and sedentary lifestyle in Danish children is a major challenge. New strategies are needed to combat this development. Early awareness is important, as PA behaviour in childhood often is manifested across adolescence and into adulthood. The three-year Child-COOP trial aims to explore if a participatory system dynamics approach can promote (increase and sustain) healthy PA behaviour in schoolchildren aged 6-12 years through changes at the local system level. The five Danish municipalities will each participate with an intervention community and a comparison community. First, local health profiles of children will be collected and used to engage key leaders and stakeholders from intervention communities and municipal administrations in participatory processes. These will be used to develop a systems map of drivers of PA behaviour in schoolchildren aged 6-12 years in the local communities. Second, based on the systems map, stakeholders from the civic and private sectors will be involved in developing and implementing actions to promote healthy PA behaviour through system changes. The trial will be evaluated in a pre-post design to compare intervention effects between the communities and identify outcomes at individual level and systems level. A process evaluation will be made to map the activities in a final systems program theory on "what works for whom under what circumstances". Results will be used in future recommendations and to assess the potential for upscaling to national level. Child-COOP will be based on a collaboration between the five Danish municipalities, the Steno Diabetes Centres in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Zealand, Aarhus University and Deakin University, Australia. Centre for Health Promotion in Practice, Local Government Denmark (KL) and the Danish Healthy Cities Network (Sund By Netværket) will contribute with feedback on project progress and dissemination of project results.
In 2019, the World Health Organization established new guidelines for physical activity, sedentary screen time, and sleep for children under 5 years old. Unfortunately, only a few (6%) of preschoolers in Flanders, Belgium, adhere to these guidelines. The aim of this study is to test a health program developed to optimize 24-hour behaviors in preschoolers and encourage more children to follow the guidelines. The program was created using the Intervention Mapping Protocol in collaboration with parents. It consists of seven sessions for parents and preschoolers, providing strategies to encourage compliance with the guidelines. The program's effectiveness will be evaluated through a randomized controlled trial, with the intervention group attending the sessions and the control group receiving the intervention materials at the end of the study.