TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Effect of affordable technology on physical activity levels and mobility outcomes in rehabilitation: a protocol for the Activity and MObility UsiNg Technology (AMOUNT) rehabilitation trial
JO  - BMJ open
A1  - Hassett, Leanne
A1  - van den Berg, Maayken
A1  - Lindley, Richard I.
A1  - Crotty, Maria
A1  - McCluskey, Annie
A1  - van der Ploeg, Hidde P.
A1  - Smith, Stuart T.
A1  - Schurr, Karl
A1  - Killington, Maggie
A1  - Bongers, Bert
A1  - Howard, Kirsten
A1  - Heritier, Stephane
A1  - Togher, Leanne
A1  - Hackett, Maree L.
A1  - Treacy, Daniel
A1  - Dorsch, Simone
A1  - Wong, Siobhan
A1  - Scrivener, Katharine
A1  - Chagpar, Sakina
A1  - Weber, Heather
A1  - Pearson, Ross
A1  - Sherrington, Catherine
SP  - e012074
EP  - e012074
VL  - 6
IS  - 6
N2  - INTRODUCTION: People with mobility limitations can benefit from rehabilitation programmes that provide a high dose of exercise. However, since providing a high dose of exercise is logistically challenging and resource-intensive, people in rehabilitation spend most of the day inactive. This trial aims to evaluate the effect of the addition of affordable technology to usual care on physical activity and mobility in people with mobility limitations admitted to inpatient aged and neurological rehabilitation units compared to usual care alone. <br><br>METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A pragmatic, assessor blinded, parallel-group randomised trial recruiting 300 consenting rehabilitation patients with reduced mobility will be conducted. Participants will be individually randomised to intervention or control groups. The intervention group will receive technology-based exercise to target mobility and physical activity problems for 6 months. The technology will include the use of video and computer games/exercises and tablet applications as well as activity monitors. The control group will not receive any additional intervention and both groups will receive usual inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation care over the 6-month study period. The coprimary outcomes will be objectively assessed physical activity (proportion of the day spent upright) and mobility (Short Physical Performance Battery) at 6 months after randomisation. Secondary outcomes will include: self-reported and objectively assessed physical activity, mobility, cognition, activity performance and participation, utility-based quality of life, balance confidence, technology self-efficacy, falls and service utilisation. Linear models will assess the effect of group allocation for each continuously scored outcome measure with baseline scores entered as a covariate. Fall rates between groups will be compared using negative binomial regression. Primary analyses will be preplanned, conducted while masked to group allocation and use an intention-to-treat approach. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The protocol has been approved by the relevant Human Research Ethics Committees and the results will be disseminated widely through peer-reviewed publication and conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12614000936628. Pre-results.<br><br>Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2044-6055
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012074
ID  - ref1
ER  -