Risk Factor, Cardiovascular Clinical Trial
Official title:
Home-based High Intensity Interval Training is Effective in a Primary Care Setting for at Risk Individuals: A Multidisciplinary Approach Evaluating Health and Perceived Barriers to Exercise
The prevalence of chronic inactivity related diseases including obesity, insulin resistance
and type 2 diabetes mellitus has reached global epidemic proportions. Exercise training is a
clinically proven primary intervention that delays and in many cases prevents health burdens.
Therefore, many health authorities and local councils run exercise referral schemes for
individuals with elevated disease disk. However, a number of barriers to successful
completion of traditional exercise referral schemes exist.
This study aims to investigate the use of a home-based high intensity interval training
programme as a potential exercise referral scheme activity to overcome many of the barriers
to successful exercise referral scheme adherence and uptake.
200 people referred to the Active Sefton (Sefton Council) exercise referral scheme will be
recruited and randomised to one of the two exercise groups (existing Active Sefton Scheme gym
based training or home-based HIT). All participants will have access to the normal Active
Sefton support mechanisms, but the training programme followed will be different. Before and
after 12 weeks of training volunteers will participate in testing to assess changes in
aerobic fitness, physical activity, vascular function, insulin sensitivity, body composition
and psychological well-being. A 3 month follow up will also be completed to investigate the
long term consequences on these variables.
Randomisation - During the pre-intervention testing session participants will be randomised
to either the home-based HIT group (HB_HIT)(n=100) or Active Sefton Exercise Referral Scheme
(AS_ERS)(n=100). To control for the potential confounding effects of gender and location,
stratified randomisation will be completed. Randomisation will be completed with a random
number generator. Participant randomisation will take place during Pre-Intervention Testing.
Recruitment - Participants will be recruited via the AS_ERS. Following referral to the Active
Sefton Scheme by their GP, all patients will be sent an invitation letter by the Active
Sefton team. The research team will add a short letter outlining the study to patients. All
Patients who chose to participate in the Active Sefton Scheme will meet with an Active
Lifestyle Development Officer (LDO). During this session the LDO will discuss the study with
patients. Interested patients will be given a participant information sheet, and their
contact details (email and/or phone) will be given to the Liverpool John Moores University
(LJMU) research team. These details will be used to contact the patient to discuss the study
further. Should the patient still want to participate a Pre-Intervention Testing session will
be organised.
If patients consent to the study the research team will inform Active Sefton with information
on the exercise programme the participant has been randomised too.
Protocol and plan of investigation
Pre-Intervention Testing - Participants will attend an experimental trial commencing between
6am and 10am, lasting ̴ 3.15h. Participants will be fasted overnight and instructed to
abstain from caffeine, alcohol and moderate/ vigorous exercise the day before testing.
During this meeting participants will have the opportunity to ask any questions about the
study. Participants will then be asked to give written consent (participants may wish to take
longer to decide and this testing session will be rearranged if necessary). If consent is
given participants will complete a number of health measurements.
Firstly, following 20 minutes supine rest central artery stiffness will be measured using a
Sphygmocor system. A blood pressure recording will be taken at the brachial artery and an ECG
waveform obtained. A tonometer will then be applied with gentle pressure at the femoral and
carotid arteries (thigh/neck) to measure aortic pulse wave velocity (a measure of arterial
stiffness).
Insulin sensitivity will be measured through an OGTT. A cannula will be placed into a forearm
vein of one arm and will be used to obtain repeated blood samples. A resting blood sample
(25ml) will be taken immediately before consumption of a 25% glucose beverage (75g of
glucose). Following this further blood samples (5ml) will be collected 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and
120 minutes after glucose ingestion. During the OGTT participants will complete a number of
other measures.
Firstly, participants will complete a questionnaire pack to assess psychological well-being
and self- report physical activity. The pack will include the International Physical Activity
Questionnaire (IPAQ), General positive and negative affect (PANAS), Subjective Vitality Scale
(SVS), Health Perception (item from Medical Outcomes survey: MOS SF-36), Satisfaction with
Life Scale (SWLS), Behavioural Regulations to Exercise (BREQ-3), Adapted Perceived Competence
(PCS). Anthropometric measures will be taken (height, weight, waist-to-hip ratio). Body
composition will then be measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning.
Finally, once the OGTT is completed an incremental maximal aerobic capacity test (VO2max) to
volitional exhaustion will be conducted on a cycle ergometer. Throughout the test, measures
of oxygen uptake, blood pressure and heart rate will be taken. This test will allow us to
determine maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and maximal power output (Wmax). Following the test
heart rate recovery kinetics will be monitored.
Post-Intervention Testing 3-7 days after their last training session participants will attend
the laboratory for a post-intervention testing session. This session will be identical in all
respects to the pre-intervention testing session.
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3-Month Follow-up - 3-months after post-intervention testing participants will attend a final
testing session identical in all respects to the pre-intervention testing session.
Home-based HIT - Participants will be provided with a training guide containing information
on the exercises and a suggested programme. The programme will also be explained during the
Pre-Intervention Testing session. Participants will be instructed to complete each training
session in a place of their choosing. The programme involves repeated 1 minute bouts of
simple on the spot movements interspersed with 1 minute of rest. During the intervals
participants will be advised to reach a heart rate of approx. 90% of their predicted maximum
heart rate (220-age). The 1 minute interval will be split between 2 consecutive 30 second
exercises. The research team have a library of 18 exercises, with 9 suggested exercise pairs.
The participant will be advised to complete 4 intervals during weeks 1 and 2, with the number
of intervals increasing by 1 every 2 weeks (maximum of 9 intervals). The participant will be
advised to train 3x per week.
Active Sefton Exercise Referral Scheme - The AS_ERS is a traditional exercise referral
programme providing highly discounted access to council operated leisure centres and a number
of partner gyms. Within this access patients will have access to gym and swimming facilities
(£2 per visit) and exercises classes (£3 per visit). During the patients first meeting with
their LDO a progressive personalised exercise programme will be developed. Following this the
patient will attend their local gym or leisure centre for an induction with a staff member(£7
one off fee), enabling them to attend the centre at any time and complete the designed
exercise programme. All exercise programmes will be different, but in general will include
moderate intensity exercise on gym equipment (treadmill, ergometer etc.) and some basic
resistance training. Patients may replace these gym sessions with exercises classes run by
the facility. Patients will be encouraged to exercise 3-5 time per week. Participants will be
given a training diary by the study team where they will be encouraged to write details of
the training sessions completed.
3-Month Follow-up- Following the 12 week study intervention participants will be given the
opportunity to complete the alternative intervention (HB_HIT or AS_ERS). Participants wanting
to complete the HB_HIT programme will be given a training guide and have the intervention
explained to them by the research team. Participants wanting to complete the AS_ERS will be
given discounted access to their local leisure centre for 12 weeks (see above) and a gym
induction will be arranged for them by their LRO. Neither group will have contact with the
Active Sefton Team, including LDO, during this 3-month period.
Heart Rate Monitoring - All Participants (HB_HIT and AS_ERS) will be given a polar H7
Bluetooth heart rate monitor. Participants will be advised to wear this monitor during all
training sessions. The monitor will provide a measure of training intensity for the AS_ERS
group, and compliance with the suggested heart rate target in the HB_HIT group.
Participants will be asked to download Polar Beat to their smartphone (a free Android and IOS
app). This app will be used to monitor heart rate during the training sessions. In addition,
participants will be given a login email address and password for Polar Flow
(www.polar.flow.com), a cloud storage site run by Polar for the storage and analysis of heart
rate data. All heart rate data measured during training sessions will be uploaded to Polar
Flow. This will allow the research team to investigate training intensity achieved during all
sessions.
Active Sefton Support - Throughout the study all participants (AS_ERS and HB_HIT) will
receive the normal support provided by the Active Sefton Scheme. This takes the form of 3
sessions with an LDO. These sessions will be pre, mid (6 weeks) and following the exercise
interventions. The LDO will be informed of the exercise programme conducted by the
participant, enabling them to provide program specific support to patients.
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