Sharon Anne Simpson, Rachael A Evans, Hannah Rosemary Gilbert, Amy Branson, Shaun Barber, Emma McIntosh, Zahira Ahmed, Sarah Gerard Dean, Patrick Joseph Doherty, Nikki Gardiner, Colin Greaves, Paulina Daw, Tracy Ibbotson, Bhautesh Jani, Kate Jolly, Frances Mair, Paula Ormandy, Susan Smith, Sally J Singh, Rod Taylor
INTRODUCTION: Personalised Exercise-Rehabilitation FOR people with Multiple long-term conditions (PERFORM) is a research programme that seeks to develop and evaluate a comprehensive exercise-based rehabilitation intervention designed for people with multimorbidity, the presence of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs). This paper describes the protocol for a randomised trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the PERFORM intervention, study design and processes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A multicentre, parallel two-group randomised trial with individual 2:1 allocation to the PERFORM exercise-based intervention plus usual care (intervention) or usual care alone (control)...
April 5, 2024: BMJ Open