Implementation Facilitation of Exercise is Medicine Greenville
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Conditions studied: Physical Inactivity, Dyslipidemia, Obesity and Overweight, Hypertension, Diabetes, Health Care Delivery, Patients, Chronic Disease, Exercise, Physical Activity, Implementation Science
In brief
A public health priority exists for the U.S. healthcare sector to integrate physical activity (PA) as a part of the patient care model. This research will provide valuable information on facilitating optimal implementation of a clinic-to-community model that identifies, refers, and enrolls physically inactive patients to community-based PA programs for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. Further, this work will provide evidence on the cost-effectiveness of integrating PA in healthcare systems as a population health management strategy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07340580
- Run by
- University of South Carolina
- People needed
- 35
- Starts
- 2026-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2030-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-02
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Received an EIMG referral and scheduled for orientation
- Attending orientation at two pre-determined community PA facilities (these sites were selected due to each being the largest urban and rural YMCA referral sites in the study)
- Exclusion criteria:
- Unable to provide verbal informed consent
- Planning on travel or vacation during data collection, as patient PA behavior is anticipated to differ from 'everyday' PA behavior at home
- Unable to wear a watch during work hours due to employment restrictions e.g., food service, healthcare, operating heavy machinery/construction, laboratory-based work etc.
- In addition, for patients completing interviews, the additional inclusion/exclusion criteria apply:
- Inclusion criteria:
- Received an EIMG referral
- Exclusion criteria:
- Unable to provide verbal informed consent
- Unable to speak or understand English
- <18 years of age
You may not qualify if…
- Not EIMG-activated
- Adopted EIMG < 6 months prior to the beginning of this study
- Greater than 15 miles from the nearest YMCA
- Primary care clinic staff (primary aim) Inclusion criteria
- At least 18 years of age
- Has worked at the Prisma Health-Upstate clinic since the start date of the intervention in the respective wave, i.e., Pre-IF start date for each wave
- Has clinical encounters with a minimum of 25 patients per month
- Study clinic is their primary clinic (>50% of their working time)
- Able to understand and communicate in English
- Exclusion criteria
- Less than 18 years of age
- Work at the Prisma Health-Upstate clinic started after the Pre-IF phase began
- Has clinical encounters with <25 patients per month
- Unable to speak or understand English
- Adults unable to provide consent
- Patient (secondary aim) Inclusion criteria (must meet all of below)
- Age >= 18 and <= 80 years
- Clinically eligible (diagnosis of hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, diabetes, or physical inactivity) to receive an EIMG referral
- A healthcare visit with an eligible encounter type (evaluation, telemedicine, consult, office visit, e-visit, follow-up, appointment, education, multidisciplinary visit, nutrition, occupational medicine-office visit)
- A healthcare visit at a participating clinic
- Exclusion criteria
- Age < 18 or > 80 years
- Current referral to Physical therapy or occupational therapy
- Current referral to cardiac, pulmonary, or oncology rehab
- One of the following visit diagnoses listed below:
Where it is running
- Prisma Health - Upstate — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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