title: The efficacy of self-management programmes for increasing physical activity in community-dwelling adults with acquired brain injury (ABI): a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acquired brain injury (ABI), often arising from stroke or trauma, is a common cause of long-term disability, physical inactivity and poor health outcomes globally. Individuals with ABI face many barriers to increasing physical activity, such as impaired mobility, access to services and knowledge regarding management of physical activity. Self-management programmes aim to build skills to enable an individual to manage their condition, including their physical activity levels, over a long period of time. Programme delivery modes can include traditional face-to-face methods, or remote delivery, such as via the Internet. However, it is unknown how effective these programmes are at specifically improving physical activity in community-dwelling adults with ABI, or how effective and acceptable remote delivery of self-management programmes is for this population.
  
  
  METHODS
  We will conduct a comprehensive search for articles indexed on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, AMED, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PEDro and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) databases that assess the efficacy of a self-management intervention, which aims to enhance levels of physical activity in adults living in the community with ABI. Two independent reviewers will screen studies for eligibility, assess risk of bias, and extract relevant data. Where possible, a meta-analysis will be performed to calculate the overall effect size of self-management interventions on physical activity levels and on outcomes associated with physical activity. A comparison will also be made between face-to-face and remote delivery modes of self-management programmes, in order to examine efficacy and acceptability. A content analysis of self-management programmes will also be conducted to compare aspects of the intervention that are associated with more favourable outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This systematic review aims to review the efficacy of self-management programmes aimed at increasing physical activity levels in adults living in the community with ABI, and the efficacy and acceptability of remote delivery of these programmes. If effective, remote delivery of self-management programmes may offer an alternative way to overcome barriers and empower individuals with ABI to increase their levels of physical activity, improving health and general wellbeing.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Our protocol has been registered on PROSPERO 2013: CRD42013006748.
authors.forename: Taryn M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Julia M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hush
authors.forename: Blake F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Dear
authors.forename: Nickolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Titov
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Professions, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Ground Floor, 75 Talavera Rd, 2109 Sydney, NSW, Australia. catherine.dean@mq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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