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Filter by:This trial is designed to develop and test the efficacy of cognitive training strategies to improve self-regulatory capacities for middle-aged adults to adopt and sustain a physically active lifestyle. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Can cognitive training designed to improve cognitive control improve physical activity adherence? - What are the psychological, physiological, cognitive, and sociodemographic factors that affect the impact of cognitive control on physical activity adherence? Participants will - Complete a 6-week home-based, computerized cognitive training program - Complete a 6-week home-based, aerobic exercise training program with supervision of a health coach and trainer - Complete a 6-week home-based, aerobic exercise training program prescribed by a health coach and trainer - Visit the laboratory before and after cognitive training, and before and after physical training, to complete assessments of cognition and aerobic fitness
The purpose of this study is to test a culturally tailored, smartphone-delivered intervention designed to increase physical activity and reduce risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes among African American women.
In recent years, research teams around the world have developed interventions to educate older adults to use outdoor exercise facilities (OEFs) to improve health outcomes like strength, balance, mobility, PA level, and weight. These interventions employed trainers or therapists to instruct, and monitor exercise training for older adults using the public accessible OEFs. Apart from therapist or trainer-led intervention, an Australian research team developed a mobile application, and social support strategies to help participants to use OEFs to enhance their aerobic and resistance-based PA. A recent local in-depth qualitative study discovered that OEFs in Hong Kong attracted frailer older adults (i.e., those who recovered from a major illness or who has chronic diseases), and their caregivers to use OEFs to support and maintain their daily PA behavior. Some used OEFs to complement their formal rehabilitation sessions. It appears that OEFs in Hong Kong serves as an important health maintenance space for frailer older adults in the city to "age in place", yet educational training related to OEFs has been lacking over the years. Signage besides the exercise equipment has been the only education material for users over the years. A mobile app-based physical activity education intervention will be developed for frail old adults in Hong Kong. The intervention has two components: (1) mobile app; and (2) face-to-face group session that teaches the how to use correctly and safely use OEF in public parks to maintain PA habits. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and pilot effectiveness of the 'Outdoor Rehab-Fit' App-based physical activity education intervention. Primary outcomes include recruitment rate, retention rate, attrition rate, attendance, perceived usefulness of the app. Secondary outcomes include exercise self-efficacy, mental well-being, physical activity level. This study adopts a mixed-method design with quantitative and qualitative method. This study is a pilot randomized controlled trial, running for 4 months evaluating of the effectiveness of the mHealth intervention. 40 frail older adults will be randomized into (i) mHealth group or (ii) control group. Quantitative analysis will be adopted to investigate the effectiveness of the 'Outdoor Rehab-Fit' App-based physical activity education intervention on the health outcomes of frail older adults. The qualitative component will consist of semi-structure interviews with the frail older adults to understand the acceptability of the intervention.
The goal of this study (waitlist control study) is to evaluate the effectiveness of the ActiveWaiting App on increasing physical activity and improving quality of life in physically inactive adults in Austria. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does the provision of the ActiveWaiting App lead to increased physical activity behaviour, compared to a no-intervention control group? 2. Does the provision of the ActiveWaiting App lead to increased health-related quality of life, compared to a no-intervention control group? Participants will use the ActiveWaiting App over a period of seven days. During this period, they will answer daily questionnaires (3 - 6 questions) in order to gather their actual physical activity behaviour. Before and after the intervention period additional questionnaires on health-related quality of life will be sent to the participants. Participants in the waitlist control group will have a control period (seven days) before using the app. Researchers will compare the intervention group with the waitlist control group to see if the ActiveWating App has an effect - on physical activity behaviour and - on quality of life.
Evaluate whether education, a simple doctor's recommendation to increase physical activity in inactive patients, and self-monitoring of physical activity using a pedometer were effective and beneficial for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
Medical students are under great competitive pressure throughout their studies. Our field surveys conducted in 2022 and 2023 at the Lyon Est Faculty of Medicine revealed that 78% of 482 students showed an excessive sedentary lifestyle compared to the threshold set by WHO. It is expected that a low level of physical activity and/or too high a sedentary lifestyle deteriorates significantly their quality of life and their health. In 2014, a British survey of 356 students in Medicine showed that lack of physical activity was an major predictor of burnout symptoms. Numerous studies show that regular physical activity improves the mental health of students and their cognitive performance. The PROMESS - PHYSICAL ACTIVITY project aims to offer solutions to students to decrease their sedentary behavior and to improve their physical activity level during their medical studies through an intervention program. From a long term perspective, this intervention may also prevent disorders related to inadequate levels of physical activity and/or sedentary behavior. It responds to a demand expressed by students : our previous field study showed that 45% of fourth-year students declared being "very interested and/or interested" in following an intervention that aimed at improving physical activity. The objective of this study is to determine the influence of an intervention based on sedentary behavior reduction and physical activity promotion among medical students.
Smoking can damage lung functions as a result of high carbon monoxide and low hemoglobin oxygen carrying capacity in the blood. Smoking between young people continues to increase, which can cause respiratory function problems and lung diseases at an early age. In the studies, it has been seen that smoking may reduce the oppression and exercise ability.
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 effects of exercise on prevention and improved control of chronic diseases, reduced mortality, and improved quality of life are well established. Exercise has been shown to prevent heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression, and certain types of cancers. In addition to prevention, physical activity is included in the standard or care for many chronic diseases and used in treatment. For example, the American Diabetes Association has identified positive health behaviors like physical activity as foundational in the treatment and management of disease and improving overall quality of life. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Exercise is Medicine Program (EIM) is a physician referral program that aims to increase physical activity to prevent and reduce complications from chronic disease. The integration of technology among a 65+ population of EIM participants provides a novel approach to improving individual's health. Thus, our study aims to provide EIM participants aged 65+ with smartwatches in the hopes of increasing their overall physical activity levels.
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.