Clinical trial NCT02916758: Promoting Community Mobility for Wellness in Older Adults in Urban Environments
Official title: Let's Go: Promoting Community Mobility for Wellness in Older Adults in Urban Environments
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: older adults
community mobility
wellness
isolation
Lead sponsor: Kean University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-09-27
Enrollment: 52
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study evaluates the program outcomes of the Let's Go program. The standardized community mobility program employs multi-modal group and individual sessions to facilitate wellness in older adults.

Detailed description: This study examines the outcomes of Let's Go, a standardized community mobility program which employs group and individual sessions of education, peer interaction, engagement in meaningful occupations, and self-reflections to help individuals understand the importance of community participation and its relationship to well-being. Program outcomes explored include increased confidence in community mobility, increased autonomy outdoors, social life and relationships, frequency of community trips, and decreased social isolation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Community dwelling individual
2. Report desire to learn about community mobility options
3. Able to participate in group education sessions (
4. Able to attend during a 45 minute session
5. Independent mobility in community with or without an assistive device.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Individual lives in Long Term Care facility
2. Aphasia
3. Individual has impaired cognition demonstrated by MoCA exam score ≤ 17
4. Individual is unable to stay awake for entire group session
5. Individual acts out (yelling, monopolizes, motor restlessness or agitation) in group setting.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire-Autonomy Outdoors Sub scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks (program end), 6 month follow up
measure: Change in Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire- Social Life and Relationships Sub scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks (program end), 6 month follow up
measure: Change in Frequency of community trips per month
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks (program end), 6 month follow up
measure: Change in Confidence in community mobility
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks (program end), 6 month follow up
measure: Change in Self report of feelings of isolation
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks (program end), 6 month follow up
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Union
country: United States
facility: Kean University
state: New Jersey
Study officials:
affiliation: Kean University
name: Claire M Mulry
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Mulry, C. M. & Piersol, C. V. (2014). The Let's Go program for community participation: A feasibility study. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 32(3). doi:10.3109/02703181.2014.932316
citation: Mulry CM, Papetti C, De Martinis J, Ravinsky M. Facilitating Wellness in Urban-Dwelling, Low-Income Older Adults Through Community Mobility: A Mixed-Methods Study. Am J Occup Ther. 2017 Jul/Aug;71(4):7104190030p1-7104190030p7. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2017.025494.