Clinical trial NCT05812105: Improving the Mobility of Transportation Disadvantaged Older Adults
Official title: Improving the Mobility of Transportation Disadvantaged Older Adults A Community-Based Intervention for the Hispanic/Latino Population
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Lack of Resources
Lack of Mobility
Keywords: Community
Education
Minority
Mobility
Social support
Lead sponsor: The University of Texas at Arlington
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars
name: University of South Florida
First posted: 2023-04-13
Enrollment: 25
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Participants received an intervention (i.e., Healthy Buddy Program providing a list of transportation/aging/health-related services available in their community) and complete pre- and post-surveys \& interviews.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The primary objective of the research was to improve mobility for transportation-disadvantaged older adults by expanding the scope of the existing Healthy Buddy Program, to accommodate an aging Spanish-speaking population in the U.S.

Detailed description: The research identified barriers and opportunities to improve Hispanic/Latino older adult access to community-based transportation and health resources. It was conducted with the existing Healthy Buddy model, which pairs older adults with college students who are trained to help them identify relevant transportation and health resources, while accommodating the unique needs of this transportation-disadvantaged population. The research team reevaluated the potential effectiveness of a Spanish-language accessible Healthy Buddy program model for increasing the self-efficacy and quality of life among Hispanic/Latino older adults. The team recruited bilingual (English-Spanish-speaking) students from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Older adult participants were invited to participate in pre- and post-surveys, including a qualitative interview, to allow the team to further evaluate the success of the program among Hispanic/Latino participants and to determine the replicability of the project in other communities with a significant population of transportation disadvantaged Hispanic/Latino older adults.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Older adults age 65+
* Those who no longer drive
* Resident of Texas
* Those who manage at least one health condition (e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.)
* Spanish is primary language

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those who do not have a capacity to answer the pre-screening questions due to their cognitive and physical limitations
* Hispanic individuals who can speak fluent English will be excluded because they may have a better understanding of existing resources and information written and serviced in English in the community.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life and well-being of older adults
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-efficacy correlated to emotion, stress, and health complaints
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Arlington
country: United States
facility: University of Texas at Arlington
state: Texas
Study officials:
References:
citation: Schwarzer, R., & Jerusalem, M. (1995). Generalized Self-Efficacy scale. In J. Weinman, S. Wright, & M. Johnston, Measures in health psychology: A user's portfolio. Causal and control beliefs (pp. 35-37). Windsor, UK: NFER-NELSON.
citation: Bowling A, Hankins M, Windle G, Bilotta C, Grant R. A short measure of quality of life in older age: the performance of the brief Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief). Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2013 Jan-Feb;56(1):181-7. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.012. Epub 2012 Sep 19.