Computer-guided Action Planning to Support Physical Activity (CAPPA) for Employees With Chronic Knee Symptoms

Trial details

Who runs it

Marquette University

Trial code

NCT06734052

Record updated

1 April 2026

Original description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief health coaching intervention based on an approach known as brief action planning + Fitbit can increase physical activity in employees with chronic knee symptoms who work for Advocate Aurora Health. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief health coaching intervention based on an approach known as brief action planning + Fitbit can increase physical activity in employees with chronic knee symptoms who work for Advocate Aurora Health. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will a greater proportion of people in the health coaching intervention increase physical activity to at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week than a group of people with an attention-control intervention (Fitbit+health education coaching)? * Can we predict who will not increase physical activity levels to at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week by the end of the study (3 and 6 months) based upon Fitbit data captured over the first four weeks?

Researchers will compare a health education coaching intervention + Fitbit to see if providing a Fitbit + attention control will increase physical activity to at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week among members of the attention-control group.

Participants will engage in

* Online study orientation and question and answer session * Three assessment sessions (baseline, 3 months, 6 months) * A 12 week intervention with no less than four (4) and no more than twelve (12) health coaching sessions. Physical activity health coaching will make action plans for health coaching. Health education coaching will focus on educating participants on non-physical activity factors related to a comprehensive management of chronic knee symptoms, such as managing fatigue, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, etc.

Inclusion: Age >/= 18 years; Employed at a participating workplace; Report pain, aching or stiffness in or around the knee over the past 12 months; Report chronic pain, aching or stiffness in or around knee on most days for at least a month over the past 12 months; Have access to a device with active internet access to view study dashboard.

Exclusion: Have serious medical conditions or impairments that, in the investigators' view, would create safety concerns in the trial such as uncontrolled hypertension (SPB>160 or diastolic ≥ 100 mm), or symptoms of unstable cardiac or pulmonary disease in the past month ( using the 2021 Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+); Currently meet CDC PA guidelines (per baseline accelerometer assessment); Have had a joint replacement on the symptomatic side or plan to have one within the next year; Are unable to walk 50' with or without an assistive device; Plan to relocate from the region within the next year; Have limited English literacy; Carry a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis.

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