Trial reportBMC pulmonary medicine2014
Taking Healthy Steps: rationale, design and baseline characteristics of a randomized trial of a pedometer-based Internet-mediated walking program in veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Trial report in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01102777 (Effectiveness of an Automated Walking Program Targeting Veterans With COPD), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of an Automated Walking Program Targeting Veterans With COPD
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Integrated disease management interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Digital interventions for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting physical activity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Computer and mobile technology interventions for self-management in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- A Web-Based, Pedometer-Mediated Intervention Increases Amount and Intensity of Physical Activity in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Trial
- The Effect of an mHealth Self-Monitoring Intervention (MI-BP) on Blood Pressure Among Black Individuals With Uncontrolled Hypertension: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Can Technology-Based Physical Activity Programs for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Be Cost-Effective?Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2021Trial
- Promoting physical activity in COPD: Insights from a randomized trial of a web-based intervention and pedometer use.Respiratory medicine · 2017Trial
- Long-Term Effects of an Internet-Mediated Pedometer-Based Walking Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- A Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2016Trial
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- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-management activation research trial (COPD-SMART): results of recruitment and baseline patient characteristics.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Physical activity in COPD: a scoping review of methods and behaviour change techniques.ERJ open research · 2026Review
- Physical Activity and Systemic Biomarkers in Persons With COPD: Insights from a Web-Based Pedometer-Mediated Intervention.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2024Article
- Maintenance Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An Update and Future Directions.Respiratory care · 2024Review
- Cost savings associated with a web-based physical activity intervention for COPD.The American journal of managed care · 2022Article
- Development of a Novel Intervention (Mindful Steps) to Promote Long-Term Walking Behavior in Chronic Cardiopulmonary Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Long-term effects of web-based pedometer-mediated intervention on COPD exacerbations.Respiratory medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLow levels of physical activity are common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a sedentary lifestyle is associated with poor outcomes including increased mortality, frequent hospitalizations, and poor health-related quality of life. Internet-mediated physical activity interventions may increase physical activity and improve health outcomes in persons with COPD. METHODS/
designThis manuscript describes the design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial that tests the effectiveness of Taking Healthy Steps, an Internet-mediated walking program for Veterans with COPD. Taking Healthy Steps includes an uploading pedometer, a website, and an online community. Eligible and consented patients wear a pedometer to obtain one week of baseline data and then are randomized on a 2:1 ratio to Taking Healthy Steps or to a wait list control. The intervention arm receives iterative step-count feedback; individualized step-count goals, motivational and informational messages, and access to an online community. Wait list controls are notified that they are enrolled, but that their intervention will start in one year; however, they keep the pedometer and have access to a static webpage. DISCUSSION: Participants include 239 Veterans (mean age 66.7 years, 93.7% male) with 155 randomized to Taking Healthy Steps and 84 to the wait list control arm; rural-living (45.2%); ever-smokers (93.3%); and current smokers (25.1%). Baseline mean St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire Total Score was 46.0; 30.5% reported severe dyspnea; and the average number of comorbid conditions was 4.9. Mean baseline daily step counts was 3497 (+/- 2220).Veterans with COPD can be recruited to participate in an online walking program. We successfully recruited a cohort of older Veterans with a significant level of disability including Veterans who live in rural areas using a remote national recruitment strategy.
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