Pedometer-based Behavioural Intervention for Individuals With COPD to Stay Active After Rehabilitation
Pedometer-based Behavioural Intervention for Individuals With COPD to Stay Active After Rehabilitation
The STAR-study (STay Active after Rehabilitation) investigates in a randomized controlled
 trial (RCT) the additional effect of a pedometer-based behavior change intervention (BCI)
 during in-patient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on objectively measured physical activity
 (PA) 6-weeks and 6-months post PR. The BCI uses the behaviour change techniques a)
 instruction on how, where and when to perform the behavior, b) prompt goal setting for
 physical activity, c) prompt self-monitoring of behavior and d) feedback on behavior. The
 primary outcome of PA will be measured using an accelerometer (Actigraph wGT3X) for a time
 period of seven days, firstly two weeks before rehabilitation begins (T0 = study phase I) as
 well as six weeks and six months (T3 and T4) after PR. Additionally to predict PA progression
 after PR, a complex personal diagnostic, including questionnaires as well as functional
 assessments, is to be carried out at the start (T1 = start of study phase II) and end of PR
 (T2). This diagnostic is based on the main ideas of the PA-related health competence model
 (PARC-model) and especially incorporates physical and psychological personal determinants of
 PA.
A detailed description will be available in the study protocol publication which is generated
 at the moment (August, 2016).
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Main diagnosis for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an International Classification of
 Diseases-Code J44.- (Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) at all 2011 Global
 Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Classifications A-D and stages
 1-4.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Considerably reduced health status (severe concomitant disease, which will affect the
 results of the outcome parameters, for example, cancer or severe cardiac, neurological
 or orthopaedic comorbidities)

 -  Considerable reduction of sight and hearing

 -  Severe psychiatric condition as secondary diagnosis

 -  Lack of ability to speak German