Pain management and patient education interventions to increase physical activity in people with intermittent claudication (PrEPAID): a feasibility randomised controlled trial in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the feasibility and acceptability of pain management (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)) and patient education (PE) to increase physical activity in people with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication (IC).

Design

Feasibility randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation.

Setting

One secondary care UK vascular centre.

Participants

56 community-dwelling adults with a history of stable IC and ankle-brachial pressure index ≤0.9 were recruited via claudication clinics.

Interventions

Participants randomised to 6 weeks of: TENS+PE, TENS, Placebo TENS+PE or Placebo TENS. PE was a 3-hour workshop plus three follow-up phone calls. The TENS machine was worn during walking (TENS: 120 Hz, 200 μs

SUBMITTER: Seenan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306470 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature