Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function

Rush

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Physical Function

Multiple Chronic Conditions

Treatments

Behavioral: Keep it Movin'

Behavioral: Go 4 Life Self Guided Education

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05345041

21061405

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a 12-month multi-level behavioral cluster randomized trial testing a church-based intervention to improve physical function (PF) in Americans with PF limitations.

Enrollment

360 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

40+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Churches (Community-level):

Membership of 300 or more adults
Located in Cook, Lake, Dupage, Will, McHenry, Kane, or Kendall counties

Participants (Individual-level):

Age 40 or older
Have mobility limitations (defined as SPPB score of ≤9)
Ambulatory, defined as able to get out of a chair and walk without assistance without using a straight cane
Able to speak and read English
Attend recruitment church; and
Safe to begin an exercise program, which will be determined using the Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) Tool.

Exclusion criteria

Participants (Individual-level):

Severe cognitive impairment, defined as five or more errors on the Short-Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
Unable to consistently attend group classes at a scheduled time due to lack of reliable transportation, schedule conflicts, travel, plans to relocate, upcoming surgery, etc.
Participating in a medically supervised rehabilitation program such as cardiac rehab
Inpatient treatment for a psychiatric condition within the past 6 months, or currently receiving treatment for schizophrenia or other serious psychiatric illness
Contraindications to exercise determined using the EASY/healthcare follow-up
Congestive heart failure New York Health Association (NYHA) Class I or higher; unstable angina; heart attack or stroke within past 6 months
Visual or hearing impairment.