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A Pilot Feasibility Study to Promote Physical Activity Motivation in Cardiovascular Disease Patients
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating iPAL App for Cardiovascular Diseases. Completed, enrolled 19 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study investigates the feasibility of an app based intervention, which uses questionnaires and personalized motivational messages to achieve change in physical activity and sedentary behaviour of cardiovascular patients. The questionnaires and messages are based on behaviour change theories, such as the transtheoretical model. The intervention will take place over eight weeks. One week before and during the last week, physical activity will be measured via accelerometers. A comprehensive questionnaire will be given before and at the end of the intervention and Feasibility measures will be evaluated at the end as well, including an optional qualitative interview with the participants.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention will have a duration of eight weeks. It is theory-based, will be delivered to participants' smartphones via the study app (except components 5 and 6), and comprises the following components: 1. Theory-based individualized feedback. 2. Self-generated motivational messages. 3. Motivation for habit formation through push messages. 4. Motivational images and videos that participants handed in or selected will be sent to them through the app. 5. Study-specific social media groups. Participants will be offered the option to participate in study-specific social media groups. 6. Posting motivational stories. A story of a person, who successfully changed his or her lifestyle to be more physically active and/or less sedentary, will be posted once a week in the study-specific social media groups.