Study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial of personalized exercise therapy and self-management support for people with multimorbidity: The MOBILIZE study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the great individual and societal burden associated with multimorbidity, little is known about how to effectively manage it.

Objective

The aim of this multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the 12-month effects of a personalized exercise therapy and self-management support program in addition to usual care in people with multimorbidity.

Design

This is a protocol for a pragmatic, parallel-group (1:1 ratio), superiority RCT conducted at five intervention sites (two hospitals, a private practice physiotherapy clinic and two municipal rehabilitation centers) in Region Zealand, Denmark. A total of 228 persons with multimorbidity aged 18 years or older, will be randomly allocated to one of two groups. Both groups will receive usua

SUBMITTER: Skou ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903016 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature