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Effects of Exergaming to Reduce Sedentary Time in Inactive Patients With Heart Failure
Sponsor: Linkoeping University
Summary
The goal of this to determine the effect of tailored exergaming for inactive patients with heart failure to reduce their sedentary time, improve their daily physical activity, exercise capacity, decrease frailty and improve health-related quality of life. Participants will, on a background of standard guideline-directed medical therapy patients, be randomised to tailored activity advice (control) or the Heart-Exergame (Heart-eXg) intervention for a period of 3 months. Patients randomised to the Heart-eXg group will receive an exergame with feedback and tailoring to adapt the exergaming advice. Patients will also be able to play with a person in their own network.
Official title: Heart-eXg Study: Effects of Exergaming to Reduce Sedentary Time in Inactive Patients With Heart Failure: An International Multi-center, Randomized, Parallel-group Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
750
Start Date
2022-05-16
Completion Date
2027-07-30
Last Updated
2026-03-10
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Heart Farming
Heart Farming is a mobile game. which can be played indoors and outdoors and stimulates players to be physically active. The game is built around a theme (farming) and users are challenged to collect products by being active. The phone will register movements and convert them into points and fruits and vegetables. For the basic playing only 10 minutes walking a day with the game is possible and is rewarded. For players who want more challenge and level of trading products and collecting products in groups is added. The game is adaptable to different levels of mobility and players can invite others to play with them. Players can see their own game results, progression, and active time.
Locations (12)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina
Porto, Portugal
P. J. Safarik University
Košice, Slovakia
Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Hospital de Bellvitge
Barcelona, Spain
Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, Spain
Xarxa Assistencial Universitaria
Manresa, Spain
INCLIVA
Valencia, Spain
Jönköping Hospital Rydhov
Jönköping, Sweden
Kalmar Länssjukhuset
Kalmar, Sweden
Linköping University Hospital
Linköping, Sweden
Primary Health Care Centers Östergötland
Norrköping, Sweden
Vrinnevisjukhuset
Norrköping, Sweden