Expanding Exercise Programming for Veterans Through Telehealth (CDA 22-066)

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Methods: This is a randomized pilot trial where Veterans (n=50) receive a group telehealth exercise program (3 months), followed by an exercise maintenance phase (6 months) that includes either text messaging alone or text messaging plus group telehealth exercise booster sessions. The primary outcomes for this study are feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Feasibility will be assessed through number and source of referrals, recruitment, and retention. Acceptability will be assessed through surveys and interviews for participants and providers addressing reasons for participation, satisfaction, perceived appropriateness, and overall experience containing Likert scales and both yes/no and open-ended questions. Exploratory outcomes, assessed at multiple time points during the course of the study, will measure changes in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and changes in performance measure and physical activity assessed remotely through individual telehealth sessions. Data will be collected at baseline, 3-, 6-, and 9-month follow-up.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• diagnosis of symptomatic knee or hip OA

• Veterans at Eastern Colorado Healthcare System Primary Care Clinics with at least one VA visit within the past year

• physically inactive (add definition)

Locations
United States
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
RECRUITING
Aurora
Contact Information
Primary
Lauren Abbate, MD
Lauren.Abbate@va.gov
(303) 399-8020
Backup
Andrew T Stephens
Andrew.Stephens1@va.gov
(720) 723-6726
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-04-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-03-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Experimental: Exercise Initiation and Maintenance with Text Messaging and Booster Sessions
Participants receive 3 months of group telehealth exercise initiation plus text messaging followed by 6 months of text messaging plus monthly group telehealth exercise booster sessions.
Active_comparator: Exercise Initiation and Maintenance with Text Messaging alone
Participants receive 3 months of group telehealth exercise initiation plus text messaging followed by 6 months of text messaging alone.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: VA Office of Research and Development

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