Personalised Exercise-Rehabilitation FOR people with Multiple long-term conditions (multi-morbidity)PERFORM: Randomised Controlled Trial with Prospective Cohort Study and Social Media SWAT

There is an increase in the number of people who have multi-morbidity – in other words, two or more long-term conditions – such as high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), osteoporosis, asthma and Parkinson’s disease. This is due to a generally increasing life expectancy in the population. Such people can experience a reduced quality of life and have an increased risk of hospitalisation and premature death. Previous research has shown that undertaking a supervised 8-12-week programme of exercisebased rehabilitation can improve quality of life and well-being and reduce the risk of hospital admissions of people with single long-term conditions. However, we don’t have a good understanding of the effects of exercise-based rehabilitation in people with multiple long-term conditions. In this trial, we will be testing a personalised exercise-based rehabilitation programme called PERFORM. This was developed with patients and clinicians to specifically meet the needs of people with multiple long-term conditions. The aim is to find out whether a personalised exercise-rehabilitation programme provides different results than the standard of care patients would receive through the NHS.