Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior: Screening and Intervention in Ambulatory Primary Care

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, GRENOBLE · Nov 5, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is focused on understanding how to help people who are physically inactive or spend too much time sitting down, which can lead to health problems. The study is taking place in France and aims to involve primary healthcare professionals, like doctors and physiotherapists, to encourage patients to be more active. Despite previous efforts to promote physical activity, many people are still not getting enough exercise. This trial will look at ways to identify inactive patients and provide them with support to change their habits.

To participate in this trial, individuals must be adults aged 65 to 74 who are not already receiving long-term illness coverage and are under the care of a participating healthcare center. They will need to be identified as "inactive" based on a specific questionnaire and an analysis of their activity levels over a week. If eligible, participants can expect to receive guidance and support to help increase their physical activity in a way that works for them. It’s important to note that the trial is not yet recruiting participants, so those interested will need to wait for further announcements about when the study will begin.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adult patients
• • Not benefiting from Long-Term Illness coverage
• • Followed in primary outpatient care by one of the participating centers
• • Patients identified as "inactive" by the ONAPS-PAQ questionnaire during an appointment with a general practitioner in the partner Multi-Professional Health Centers, whether sedentary or not
• • Patient having signed informed consent to participate in the study
• • Patients who understand and speak French
• • Persons affiliated with a social security scheme or beneficiaries of a similar scheme
• • Patients classified as "inactive" (\< 600 MET.min/week) after 7-day actimetry analysis
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patient receiving follow-up for another reason with physiotherapists participating in the protocol
• • Persons referred to in articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the Public Health Code
• • Patient participating in another interventional research study with an exclusion period still ongoing at pre-inclusion