Leveraging Social Networks to Improve Sleep and Mindfulness Among Older Adults in Residential Housing Facilities

Mass General Brigham

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Aging; Cognitive Impairment; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep health and mindfulness intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06989619

R34AG089176 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

BrighamHopsital

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to design a sleep and mindfulness intervention to improve sleep, quality of life, and cognitive function among older adults.

Full description

The proposed R34 planning grant will the design and adapt a sleep, mindfulness, and sleep disorders education intervention entitled to cognitively unimpaired older adults residing in housing facilities. Novel, social network techniques will be used to identify opinion leaders who will assist with message dissemination. This grant will adapt content from an existing, evidence-based Sleep Health Program to the needs of older adults. In addition, the adapted Sleep Health Program will be coupled with Mindfulness content then disseminated in a small pilot study to ascertain feasibility and acceptability of the proposed novel social network approach for deploying the adapted Sleep Health and Mindfulness Program in a planned R01. The data collected in this R34 will include qualitative interview and usability interview data where cognitively unimpaired older adults will be recruited and asked to provide input to the messages and approach. Target outcomes will also be collected in the planned pilot, including survey responses to sleep, sleep disorders evaluation/care, quality of life, and cognition. Finally, FitBit data will also be captured for 2 weeks at several time points during the pilot study (baseline, 2-months, and 6-months).

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Older adults (age 55 years of age and above) residing in residential facilities.

Exclusion criteria

• Severe cognitive impairment according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

Sleep Health and Mindfulness Program for Older Adults

Experimental group

Description:

This grant will develop and design an adapted version of an existing, effective Sleep Health Program, which will be coupled with mindfulness content, to meet the needs and unique barriers older adults in housing facilities face. The modules for the proposed Sleep Health and Mindfulness program will be designed in collaboration with the implementation partner, the City of Boston Age Strong Commission, whose talented leaders and staff have decades of experience designing programs for seniors on a variety of topics, including mindfulness.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep health and mindfulness intervention