Clinical trial NCT05469334: DeStress for Health: Partnering With Granville and Vance Counties to Reduce Stress and Cancer Risk (Part 2)
Official title: DeStress for Health: Partnering With Granville and Vance Counties to Reduce Stress and Cancer Risk
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stress Reduction
Keywords: Stress Reduction
Rural
North Carolina
Health Behaviors
Lead sponsor: Duke University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-21
Enrollment: 14
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this research study is to determine whether a positive psychology intervention paired with a health behavior intervention is successful in decreasing perceived stress and increasing positive affect in residents of Vance and Granville County.The program will consist of 4 in person / zoom sessions that are based on empirically supported PPWB components including Optimism, Gratitude, Mindfulness and Positive Savoring to improve behavioral self-regulation towards health-related goals with an additional class five as a check in that will be used for survey completion. Specifically, principal investigator will provide participants with instruction on positive psychology exercises that can do on their own and counseling around increased fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity and smoking cessation. Participants will then be asked to create a SMART goal to work on each week of the program for one of the behaviors. Research staff will conduct surveys with participants at baseline and at end of program. Feasibility and acceptability measures of the intervention will be collected at the end of the program. Research team will also collect informal feedback from participants at the end of each of the class sessions. Classes will be delivered in person and broadcasted via zoom via a password protected zoom link. Participant who choose to remain remote and participate via Zoom will be mailed binders of study materials with information on who to call if participants have questions. Participants who attend live events will receive their materials in person. Pre- and post-intervention surveys will be sent to participants via email. This is Part 2 of study (NCT03776890)


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Live in Granville or Vance Counties;
* \>18 years old;
* Interested in participating a stress reduction study
* Speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does Not Live in Granville or Vance Counties
* Under 18 years of age
* Not interested in participating in a stress reduction study
* does not speak English

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Participants Recruited in a 6-Month Time-frame
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Percentage of Participants That Stay in Study for Duration
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Percentage of Participants That Attend All Intervention Sessions
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Percent of Participants Rating Intervention as Useful
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Percent of Participants Recommending Intervention to Friend
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Stress Self Regulation As Measured By a Survey
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change in Positive Emotion As Measured by a Survey
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change in Behavioral Self Regulation As Measured by a Survey
timeFrame: 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Oxford
country: United States
facility: Granville Vance Public Health Department
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: Duke School of Nursing
name: Devon Noonan, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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