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Volunteering and Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents

NCT01698034 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2012-10-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study tested whether getting youth engaged in helping others (volunteering) would benefit youth's physical health. 106 predominantly minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) youth were randomized to either volunteer weekly with elementary school children in after school programs or to a wait-list control group. The investigators hypothesized that cardiovascular risk markers of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), total cholesterol, and body mass index (BMI) would be lower at post-intervention (4 months after baseline) in the volunteer group compared to the control group. The investigators also hypothesized that the intervention might work through pathways such as reducing negative mood, improving self esteem, and increasing prosocial behaviors (empathy, altruism).

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Volunteering

Weekly volunteering with elementary school children in after school programs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • William T. Grant Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • HopeLab Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edith Chen · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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