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Peer Support for Exercise in Older Veterans With Psychotic Disorders

NCT02958007 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2023-09-25

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Summary

Older adults with psychotic disorders experience a dual set of challenges: those related to serious mental illness, and those related to aging. They have medical, cognitive, psychological and social difficulties; as a result they have an almost four times greater likelihood of early institutionalization in nursing homes. These challenges make it difficult for this group to engage in health behaviors, such as exercise. This is unfortunate, since participation in health-promoting activities is essential for maintaining functional independence with age. This study aims to develop and pilot test a peer coaching intervention for older Veterans with psychotic disorders, in which VA Peer Specialists, who are Veterans in recovery from mental illness, will provide intensive coaching to older Veterans with psychotic disorders to promote their participation in exercise and physical activity. Results from this study will inform us as to whether this intervention is acceptable to Veterans, feasible to implement, and effective in increasing exercise, physical activity, and physical fitness/function.

Conditions

  • Psychotic Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Education on Exercise for Recovery

A 24-week group-based peer coaching intervention delivered by a VA Peer Specialist, to promote participation in a supervised fitness training program and general physical activity

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced supervised fitness training

A 24-week intervention to promote participation in a supervised fitness training program and general physical activity, which includes individual support from non-peer staff

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Anjana Muralidharan, PhD · Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-01
Primary Completion
2021-11-30
Completion
2022-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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