Physical ActivityIPAMINANCT06983977
Increasing Physical Activity Among Medical Inpatients by Digital Nudging of Patients and Staff
A study testing Measurement of physical activity and Digital nudging in people with Physical Activity and Inpatients, run by Bispebjerg Hospital at 4 sites in 3 countries.
Trial summary
Sedentary behaviour among medical inpatients is strongly associated with hospital-associated functional decline and poses a severe threat to patients' functional capacity and independency. High human and socioeconomic costs underline the urgency to find solutions to this world-wide problem. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Physical Activity, Inpatients, Digital Health
- What is being tested?
- Measurement of physical activity and Digital nudging
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 400 participants
- Where
- 4 sitesin 3 countries
- Study dates
- 19 May 2025to Dec 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Admitted to one of the participating wards
- Has understood and signed informed consent
- Reads and understands Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic or English
Who cannot join
- Has an expected hospitalisation less than 24 hours after potential recruitment
- Is not able to give informed consent to participate in the study
- Has allergy towards band aid
- Not able to (shortly) stand in an upright position even with maximal assistance
- There are contraindications for the patient to mobilise or be physically active due to unstabilized acute medical conditions, including, but not limited to, acute aortic dissection, -myocardial infarction, -pulmonary embolism, -sepsis.
- There are ethical concerns regarding the patients' participation in the study, including, but not limited to, the patient being:
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- In the terminal phase of life
- In a crisis state regarding their disease/situation and deemed unfit for participation
- To ensure medically responsible inclusion of patients, the project personnel will consult and confer with the treatment responsible medical doctor, or their delegate, before including a potential participant for the trial.
Trial locations and contacts
4 sites in 3 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
4 sites in 3 countries
Denmark2 sites, 2 recruiting
- Recruiting
Bispebjerg Hospital
Copenhagen, Capital Region
Christian H Dall, Associate professor, PhD, +45 28604402, Christian.Have.Dall@regionh.dk
Dall
- Recruiting
Aalborg University Hospital
Hobro, North Denmark
Michael S Rathleff, Professor, Dr. Med., +45 22117002, misr@hst.aau.dk
Rathleff
Faroe Islands1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
National Hospital
Tórshavn
Durita V Gunnarsson, PhD student, MSc., +45 26472857, durita.videroe.gunnarsson@regionh.dk
Greenland1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Queen Ingrids Hospital
Nuuk
Sonja Sørensen, MSc., Physiotherapist, +299 344741, sonj@peqqik.gl
About this study
Official title: Increasing Physical Activity Among Medical Inpatients by Digital Nudging of Patients and Staff - A Cluster Randomised Multicentre Study
Sedentary behaviour among medical inpatients is strongly associated with hospital-associated functional decline and poses a severe threat to patients' functional capacity and independency. High human and socioeconomic costs underline the urgency to find solutions to this world-wide problem.
Objective: This multicentre study, including a total of 400 patients from Copenhagen, Aalborg, Tórshavn, and Nuuk, will assess the effect of a digital intervention that aims to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity in medical inpatients.
Intervention: Digital feedback and nudging regarding the patients' physical activity levels to patients and healthcare staff Design: Stepped-wedge cluster randomised multicentre trial Primary outcome: Daily average time of patients' physical activity (minutes).
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Inpatients, Digital Health
- Being tested
- Measurement of physical activity, Digital nudging
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Measurement of physical activityOther
Measurement of physical activity by accelerometer
Digital nudgingOther
Digital feedback and nudging to participants (patients) and staff, based on participants' physical activity measurements, aiming to increase patients' physical activity and reduce sedentary time
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control | Other | Measurement of physical activity Receives: Other: Measurement of physical activity |
| Intervention | Experimental | Digital feedback and nudging to participant and staff regarding participants' physical activity levels Receives: Other: Digital nudging |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Daily average time of participants' physical activity (minutes)
Measured: From enrollment to end of trial participation (maximum 7 days)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted22 May 2025
- Study start19 May 2025
- Primary completionJun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Physical ActivityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 400 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Christian Dall, Bispebjerg Hospital
- Investigators
- Christian H Dall, Associate professor, PhD, Principal investigator, Bispebjerg Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06983977
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- VMK-2403916
- Acronym
- IPAMINA
- Status last verified
- May 2025
- First submitted
- 14 May 2025
- Last updated
- 25 May 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 25 May 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Increasing Physical Activity Among Medical Inpatients by Digital Nudging of Patients and Staff - A Cluster Randomised Multicentre Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06983977
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IPAMINA / VMK-2403916
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Inpatients, Digital Health
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 400 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Bispebjerg HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 19 May 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Jun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 22 May 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Sedentary behaviour among medical inpatients is strongly associated with hospital-associated functional decline and poses a severe threat to patients' functional capacity and independency. High human and socioeconomic costs underline the urgency to find solutions to this world-wide problem.
Objective: This multicentre study, including a total of 400 patients from Copenhagen, Aalborg, Tórshavn, and Nuuk, will assess the effect of a digital intervention that aims to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity in medical inpatients.
Intervention: Digital feedback and nudging regarding the patients' physical activity levels to patients and healthcare staff Design: Stepped-wedge cluster randomised multicentre trial Primary outcome: Daily average time of patients' physical activity (minutes).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control | Other | Other: Measurement of physical activityMeasurement of physical activity |
| Intervention | Experimental | Other: Digital nudgingDigital feedback and nudging to participant and staff regarding participants' physical activity levels |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Admitted to one of the participating wards
- Has understood and signed informed consent
- Reads and understands Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic or English
Key exclusion criteria (9 listed)
- Has an expected hospitalisation less than 24 hours after potential recruitment
- Is not able to give informed consent to participate in the study
- Has allergy towards band aid
- Not able to (shortly) stand in an upright position even with maximal assistance
- There are contraindications for the patient to mobilise or be physically active due to unstabilized acute medical conditions, including, but not limited to, acute aortic dissection, -myocardial infarction, -pulmonary embolism, -sepsis.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement of physical activityMeasurement of physical activity by accelerometer | Other | Control |
| Digital nudgingDigital feedback and nudging to participants (patients) and staff, based on participants' physical activity measurements, aiming to increase patients' physical activity and reduce sedentary time | Other | Intervention |
Primary outcome
Daily average time of participants' physical activity (minutes)
Time frame: From enrollment to end of trial participation (maximum 7 days)
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 25 May 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Christian H Dall, Associate professor, PhD principal investigator
Bispebjerg Hospital
4 sites in 3 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Measurement of physical activity and Digital nudging in people with Physical Activity and Inpatients, run by Bispebjerg Hospital at 4 sites in 3 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 4 sites in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Durita V Gunnarsson, PhD student, MSc. (+45 26472857, durita.videroe.gunnarsson@regionh.dk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Daily average time of participants' physical activity (minutes) (time frame: From enrollment to end of trial participation (maximum 7 days)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 May 2025.