N/A
N=38
Home Telerehabilitation for Deconditioned Older Adults
Osteoarthritis
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00386256 ↗Enrolled (actual)
38
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2014
Primary outcome: Primary: Exercise Adherence — 57.4; 32.1; 56.2; 35.1 percentage of days adhered — p=<.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Health Buddy, Home telehealth technology (Device); Telephone counseling (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 60+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Primary completion
- May 2008
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Exercise Adherence |
57.4; 32.1; 56.2; 35.1 | <.05 sig |
| PRIMARY HB/Phone Adherence |
64.7; 36.3; 70.1; 43.7 | <.05 sig |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop a home exercise program for patients 60 years of age and over who are deconditioned following their discharge from the hospital, or recruited from GLA outpatient clinics. The program will be designed to monitor and improve patients' exercise behavior through the use of home technology, such as text messaging monitors.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- acute decline in functional status while hospitalized as reported by the patient
- physically inactive outpatients (exercise less than 30 min/day, 3 d/wk)
- ability to hear and communicate via telephone
- ability to read a video or text monitor
- ability to manually operate the technology
- have a working telephone and power source
- willingness to use the TEL-REHAB technology
Exclusion Criteria
- does not speak English
- poor cognition as determined by the Mini-Cog
- non-ambulatory
- had a stroke, myocardial infarction, hip fracture, or total hip or knee replacement within the prior 6 months
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00386256). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.