Effects of Exergaming to Reduce Sedentary Time in Inactive Patients With Heart Failure
Heart-eXg Study: Effects of Exergaming to Reduce Sedentary Time in Inactive Patients With Heart Failure: An International Multi-center, Randomized, Parallel-group Study
Linkoeping University
750 participants
May 16, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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.
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Interventions
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.
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NCT05641662