Healthy Lifestyles for People With Intellectual Disabilities (HLID)

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intellectual Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities

Mental Retardation

Treatments

Behavioral: Healthy Lifestyles Curriculum

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00597948

1R21HD055189-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Relatively few health promotion and disease prevention programs have included or targeted people with disabilities, and even fewer have focused on individuals with intellectual disabilities.

The long-term objectives of the Healthy Lifestyles for People with Intellectual Disabilities Study (HLID) are to increase the health of persons with intellectual disabilities by establishing the efficacy of a health promotion program and promoting its adoption. The HLID Study is based in the Center on Community Accessibility (CCA) at Oregon Health & Science University. The mission of CCA is to increase the health and health-related quality of life of persons with disabilities.

A pilot study conducted by CCA has established the effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles (HL) intervention among a cross-disability population in increasing health behavior adoption. The specific aim of the HLID Study is to test the efficacy of the HL program specifically with adults with intellectual disabilities.

The HLID Study uses a randomized control study design. The HL intervention will be administered to 75 adults and will compare results to those of an additional 75 adults who receive no intervention. Measurement will include anthropometric assessments to measure impacts on overweight and obesity, as well as self-report measures of healthy behaviors, health status, health care utilization, and secondary conditions. Results will be shared with research participants, presented through professional conferences and newsletters, and published in peer-reviewed journals with the assistance of community partners.

Enrollment

131 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Living in Oregon or Southwest Washington
Ages 18-65 years
Have mild or moderate mental retardation/developmental disability/intellectual disability as defined by Oregon or Washington state (depending on place of residence) developmental disability service delivery system
Eligible in Oregon or Washington (depending on place of residence) to receive services for people with mental retardation/developmental/intellectual disability
Living in the community (i.e., group home, with family/friends, on own with or without support)
Participant defined health status of excellent, good, or fair
Participant expressed interest in participation in study
Participant expressed willingness to be assigned to either Workshop or Control study group