Mindful Steps: Promoting Physical Activity

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center42 enrolled

Overview

This is a developmental project with two phases. The first phase will adapt an existing web-based intervention to incorporate mind-body exercises to develop a multi-modal intervention to promote physical activity in patients with COPD and HF. The second phase will pilot test this new intervention in a longitudinal study (subjects randomized to intervention or usual care).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Copd Heart Failure

Interventions

Mindful StepsBEHAVIORAL

Integrated website, activity tracker, and mind-body training

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of COPD OR clinical diagnosis of HF syndrome (New York Heart Association Class 1-3) * Able to participate in an exercise program * Have an active email account and access to a computer with internet connection Exclusion Criteria: * COPD or HF exacerbation in the previous month * Inability to ambulate * Clinical signs of unstable cardiovascular disease * Hypoxemia during 6MWT * Inability to collect at least 7 of 14 days of baseline step counts * Current participation in a cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Locations (1)

BIDMC

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility

intervention acceptability (qualitative interview)

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Self-efficacy

change in self-efficacy between time points (exercise self-efficacy scale)

Time frame: baseline, months 3, 6, 9 and 12

Physical activity

change in physical activity between time points (physical activity questionnaire)

Time frame: baseline, months 3,6,9, and 12

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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