A randomised controlled feasibility study of a health coaching intervention targeting people on the waitlist for hip or knee replacement surgery with low patient activation.
Determine the feasibility of recruitment and retention to the trial. Evaluate the acceptability of research procedures and outcome measures. Explore the impact of trial participation through patient activation, self-reported health outcomes and interviews.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Patients will be assigned a health coach and be eligible to 8 times, 1 hour sessions over a 12 week period. The health coach will use techniques to increase their ability to self-manage, motivation levels and commitment to change their behaviour.
This is an online website, unsupervised, 12-week self-management programme.
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Recruitment Rates
Defined as rate of invited participants who are eligible and consenting.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Retention Rates
Retention rates will be established as discontinuation with the exercise intervention and absence from the assessment sessions.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Acceptability of intervention
Will be evaluated by participants feedback via one-to-one semi-structured interviews.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Competition rates
Completion is determined by participants that attend baseline and follow-up testing.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in patient activation
Patient activation measure 13-item questionnaire (0 - 100 point scale)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in quality of life
EQ-5D-5L questionnaire (1 - 5 point scale)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in pain score
Oxford score questionnaire (0 - 48 point scale)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in physical activity
IPAQ-SF questionnaire (MET/mins)
Time frame: 12 weeks
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