Getting Out of the House: Using Behavioral Activation to Increase Community Participation

NCT06336616 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2024-04-10

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Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an behavioral activation intervention to increase meaningful activity and community participation for people with serious mental illness.

The overall objective of this study is to increase engagement in meaningful activities and community participation. The objectives of the project are as follows:

1. To determine if the intervention leads to increases the frequency and variety of activities.
2. To determine if the intervention leads to increases in community mobility.
3. To determine which demographic and environmental factors and mechanisms of action impact the effectiveness of the intervention.
4. To determine if the the intervention leads to an improvement in overall well-being (e.g., improved quality of life).

Participants will be asked to attend a 2-hour weekly online session for 10 weeks and then a 1-hour online monthly session for a 3 month maintenance period.

For data collection, participants will also be asked to:

1. Complete three, approximately 1-hour interviews at baseline, after the 10 week intervention, and again at the end of the maintenance period;
2. Carry a mobile phone with a global positioning system app to track their movements outside their home for 2 weeks at a time, at three separate times (e.g., baseline, after the intervention, and at the end of the maintenance period); and
3. Complete a 15 minute weekly interviews for 26 weeks about their daily activities and participation.

The study will enroll 52 participants split into 4 cohorts of 13. The study will use a multiple baseline design and, as such, all participants will receive the intervention and there is no control group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavior Activation

Participants will be taught to identify meaningful activities, set goals, use environmental cues, self-reward, to identify barriers and facilitators, and learn new skills to support them to develop self-management skills and new habits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

    collaborator FED
  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-15
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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