Healing Hearts and Mending Minds in Older Adults Living With HIV

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if exercise is helpful for improving memory, concentration thinking abilities, physical function, and quality of life for adults aged 50 to 89 years living with HIV and who have two or more cardiovascular disease risk factors. The study will test two kinds of intervention exercises: one group will walk for exercise and the second group will stretch for exercise. Members of both interventions will be asked to participate in one-on-one interviews/assessments, measures of physical functioning, and some sessions with others who are also enrolled in the study.

Conditions

• HIV
• Cardiovascular Disease
• AIDS

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Let's Move Program

Participants will be asked to walk five times per week for twelve weeks for a minimum of 30 minutes while wearing a heart rate monitor and a pedometer. Participants will also receive weekly telephone calls from a member of the research team to monitor walking progress and to change walking duration or intensity level based on their progress.After the twelve week period, participants will enter a maintenance exercise phase for weeks 13-17 in which they will be asked to maintain their exercise regimen.

BEHAVIORAL

Let's Flex Program

Participants will be asked to stretch five times per week for twelve weeks for a minimum of 30 minutes. Participants will also receive weekly telephone calls from a member of the research team to monitor progress and to change duration or intensity level based on their progress.After the twelve week period, participants will enter a maintenance exercise phase for weeks 13-17 in which they will be asked to maintain their exercise regimen.

BEHAVIORAL

Group Motivational Interviewing

Participants will attend four separate group intervention sessions for 2.5 hours for four consecutive weeks at the beginning of the program. Groups will consist of 6-8 members and will focus on the rationale for aerobic exercise, barriers to exercise, finding time for exercise, how to set short and long term exercise goals, and use of self-monitoring to improve exercise engagement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

  collaborator NIH

• Emory University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Drenna Waldrop-Valverde, PhD · Emory University

• Rebecca Gary, PhD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Max Age

89 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-09-30

Primary Completion

2019-12-20

Completion

2019-12-20

Countries

• United States

Study Locations