Implementation and evaluation of an individualized physical exercise promotion program in people with manifested risk factors for multimorbidity (MultiPill-Exercise): a study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1174 - 21
• Main Authors: Schweda, Simone, Müller, Gerhard, Munz, Barbara, Sudeck, Gorden, Martus, Peter, Dierkes, Katja, Krauss, Inga
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.06.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Behavior modification; Behavior therapy; Biomedical materials; Care and treatment; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Comorbidity; Cost benefit analysis; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes mellitus Type 2; Diagnosis; Disease; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Evaluation; Exercise; Exercise therapy; Exercise Therapy - methods; Family physicians; Health behavior; Health care; Health care industry; Health care policy; Health insurance; Health Promotion; Health services; Humans; Hypertension; Implementation; Inflammation; Insurance companies; Intervention; Knee; Lifestyles; Mental health services; Metabolism; Methods; Multimorbidity; Musculoskeletal diseases; Noncommunicable Diseases - rehabilitation; Nutrition; Obesity; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - therapy; Overweight; Patient outcomes; Patients; Physical activity; Physical exercise; Physical fitness; Physical training; Physicians; Population; Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic; Public health; Quality of life; Registration; Rehabilitation; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Safety; Specialists; Study Protocol; Treatment programs; Underserved populations; Vascular diseases; Will; Germany; Cost-analysis; Hypertension; Physical exercise; Obesity; Behavior change techniques; Diabetes mellitus Type 2; Osteoarthritis; Randomized controlled trial; Health services research; Multimorbidity; Overweight

Multimorbidity is a major problem in Europe, increasing the need for prevention and rehabilitation programs. In Germany no guidelines have been developed that focus on patients with multiple chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Benefits of physical activity (PA) and exercise in NCDs have been p...