Carr, Emma

Whiston, Aoife

O'Reilly, Siobhan

O Donoghue, Mairead

Cardy, Nathan

Carter, Daniel

Glynn, Liam

Walsh, Jane C

Forbes, John

Walsh, Cathal

McManus, John

Hunter, Andrew

Butler, Mike

Paul, Lorna

Fitzsimons, Claire

Bernhardt, Julie

Richardson, Ita

Bradley, James G

Salsberg, Jon

Hayes, Sara

2024-01-18

Stroke is the second-leading cause of death and disability globally. Participation in physical activity (PA) is a cornerstone of secondary prevention in stroke care. Given the heterogeneous nature of stroke, PA interventions that are adaptive to individual performance are recommended. Mobile health (mHealth) has been identified as a potential approach to supporting PA poststroke. To this end, we aim to use a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomised Trial (SMART) design to develop an adaptive, user-informed mHealth intervention to improve PA poststroke. The components included in the 12-week intervention are based on empirical evidence and behavioural change theory and will include treatments to increase participation in Structured Exercise and Lifestyle or a combination of both. 117 participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment components. At 6 weeks postinitial randomisation, participants will be classified as responders or non-responders based on participants' change in step count. Non-responders to the initial treatment will be randomly assigned to a different treatment allocation. The primary outcome will be PA (steps/day), feasibility and secondary clinical and cost outcomes will also be included. A SMART design will be used to evaluate the optimum adaptive PA intervention among community-dwelling, ambulatory people poststroke. Ethical approval has been granted by the Health Service Executive Mid-Western Ethics Committee (REC Ref: 026/2022). The findings will be submitted for publication and presented at relevant national and international academic conferences TRIALS REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05606770.

BMJ Open 2024-01-18; 14(1)

2044-6055

BMJ Open

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https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/35027

Physical Therapy Modalities

REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Stroke

Sequential multiple assignment randomised trial to develop an adaptive mobile health intervention to increase physical activity in people poststroke in the community setting in Ireland: TAPAS trial protocol.

Journal Article