Expectations of Patients Regarding Exercise in an Outpatient Clinic

NCT06212895 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 23-3534-101
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Exercise and physical activity are recommended in many clinical guidelines in orthopdeci diseases. Costs, time, doctor-patient-communication and the type of prescription are possible limitations of prescribing exercise as a therapy. It is essential to know the expactiations and attitude of the patients for an accurate, patient-centered, prescription. This trial aims to reveal patients point of view and attitude.

Conditions

Communcation; Physical Activity; Prescription

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Attitude of patients regarding exercise and physical activity as a therapeutic option

  \- measured via Likert Scale. The attitude is derived from multiple questions in a survey ("In my opinion, exercise is as effective as an intervention/operation", etc.

  July 2024

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• influencing factors of patients attitude

  July 2024

Interventions

Survey OTHER

A survey is handled out at the patient registration. Patients can fill it out during waiting for their appointment. The physician, who treats the patients is not aware aout the filling status or content. The Survy will not influence the treatment. The Survey consists of 3 parts: patients attidude and expectations, and questionnaire about their usual physical activity and the validated Expectation Treatment Score.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population includes patients, which present themself for the first time in this outpatient clinic.

You may qualify if:

• patient presented the first time in the outpatient study with an issue

You may not qualify if:

• language barrier
• cognitive impairment which could lead to missunderstadning of the survey

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Regensburg: lead
• OCS Straubing: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department for Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Division of Medical Sociology, University of Regensburg

Regensburg, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 8, 2023
• First Posted: January 19, 2024
• Study Start: December 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2024
• Study Completion: July 1, 2025
• Last Updated: January 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Locations

DE (1)