Increasing Exercise Capacity of Patients With Heart Failure by Wii Gaming
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Heart Failure
In brief
The study objectives are to determine the effectiveness of structured access to a Wii game computer compared to motivational support only in heart failure patients on exercise capacity and daily activity. Secondly, to determine the effectiveness of structured access to a Wii game computer compared to motivational support only in heart failure patients on the combined endpoint of death, readmission and quality of life. The following research questions will be addressed: * What is the effectiveness of structured introduction and access to a Wii game computer in patients with heart failure to improve their exercise capacity compared to patients with heart failure in a control group who only receive motivational support? * What is the effectiveness of structured introduction and access to a Wii game computer in patients with heart failure compared to patients with heart failure in a control group who only receive motivational support to increase their daily physical activity, decrease health care use and improve quality of life? * What are experiences of heart failure patients and how is their exercise motivation when they are introduced and instructed to play with a Wii game computer?
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01785121
- Run by
- Linkoeping University
- People needed
- 605
- Starts
- 2013-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosed with HF (NYHA I-IV) (independent of Ejection Fraction: both patients with a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) or reduced ejection fraction (HFREF) can be included)
- Older than 18 years, there is no upper age limit
- Speak/understand the language of the country where the intervention is taken place
You may not qualify if…
- The patient is expected to be unable to use the Nintendo Wii due to visual (see a TV screen at a distance of 3 m) cognitive (assessed by the HF nurse or cardiologist) or motor impairment (the patient should be able to swing his arm at least 10 times in a row)
- The patient has restrictions that would them unable patients to fill in data collection material
- The patient has a life expectancy shorter than 6 months
Where it is running
- University of California — Irvine, California, United States
- Center of Internal Medicine Elsterwerda — Elsterwerda, Germany
- Rabin Medical Center — Petah Tikva, Israel
- Villa delle Querce hospital — Nemi, Italy
- Maastricht University Medical Center — Maastricht, Netherlands
- Länssjukhuset Ryhov hospital — Jönköping, Sweden
- University hospital Linköping — Linköping, Sweden
- Vrinnevi Hospital — Norrköping, Sweden
- Nyköpings lasarett hospital — Nyköping, Sweden
- Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge — Stockholm, Sweden
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