Do Text Message Reminders Increase Preoperative Exercise in Obesity Surgery Candidates?

NCT01607177 | Completed Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: Bariatric Prehabilitation
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 102
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Preoperative exercise has been shown to improve physiological and functional capacity in patients undergoing abdominal surgery to prepare them for the stress of surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are advised to partake in regular preoperative exercise. In the setting of bariatric surgery, as well as preparing patients for the stress of surgery, it is also thought to increase the likelihood that they will exercise postoperatively. However, compliance to this advice is extremely low. Text-message interventions have been shown to improve compliance to other lifestyle interventions. The investigators will compare the rate of compliance to preoperative exercise prior to bariatric surgery in patients who receive a daily text message to those who do not. The investigators will also compare weight loss.

Conditions

Perioperative Care; Bariatric Surgery; Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Proportion of patients partaking in the minimum recommended amount of weekly physical activity

  \>450 METmins per week of physical activity as measured by the internationally and locally validated IPAQ questionnaire.

  6 weeks post recruitment

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Postoperative Physical Activity

  6 weeks postoperatively

• Functional capacity

  Baseline and 6 weeks post recuitment (preoperatively)

• Length of Hospital Stay

  As assessed at day of discharge

• Short term weight loss

  Out to 6 months postoperatively

• Perioperative complications

  Out to 30 days postoperatively

Study Arms (2)

Text message group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients randomised to this group will receive daily text message reminders used to motivate them to exercise in the preoperative period. They will also receive an exercise information sheet to complement the text messages.

Behavioral: Daily text message reminders

No text message group

NO INTERVENTION

Patients randomised to this group will receive standardised exercise advice but will not receive the text message reminders or the exercise information sheet.

Interventions

Daily text message reminders BEHAVIORAL

Daily text message reminders to motivate patients to exercise in conjunction with an exercise information sheet.

Text message group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Patients having laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at Manukau Surgery Centre
• Operation used primarily for the treatment of morbid obesity

You may not qualify if:

• Operation not performed at Manukau Surgery Centre
• Patient does not have a mobile phone which can receive text messages

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Auckland, New Zealand: lead
• Health Research Council, New Zealand: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Manukau Surgery Centre

Auckland, Manukau City, 2241, New Zealand

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Andrew G Hill, MBChB, MD, EdD, FRACS, FACS

  South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor Andrew G. Hill

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 24, 2012
• First Posted: May 28, 2012
• Study Start: August 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2013
• Study Completion: September 1, 2013
• Last Updated: November 14, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-11

Locations

NZ (1)