DeStress for Health: Partnering With Granville and Vance Counties to Reduce Stress and Cancer Risk

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress Reduction
• Interventions: Behavioral: DeStress for Health Program

• Registration Number: NCT03776890
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether a positive psychology intervention paired with a health behavior intervention is successful in decreasing perceived stress and increasing positive affect in residents of Vance and Granville County. Participants will attend 4 classes that occur once a week. The first class will focus on nutrition, the second class will focus on exercise, the 3rd class will focus on tobacco use, and the 4th class that will review the previous 3 classes and help participants incorporate the strategies taught in the Destress for Health Program into their everyday lives. The duration of each class is 1 hour and the classes will be held once a week for a total of 4 weeks. Participants in this research study will be asked to complete 2 surveys. The first survey will occur during class 1, and will ask participants about their demographic information, health behaviors, stress levels, emotions, and behaviors. The second survey will be conducted over the phone and will occur 30-days after the final class and will ask participants about their health behaviors, stress levels, emotions, behaviors and also about whether or not they felt the classes they attended were useful to them. Total study duration is about 2 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-17
• Study Start: 2019-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-02-06
• Study Completion: 2020-02-06
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• Live in Granville or Vance Counties;
• >18 years old;
• Interested in participating a stress reduction study
• Speak English

Read More

Exclusion Criteria

• Does Not Live in Granville or Vance Counties
• Under 18 years of age
• Not interested in participating in a stress reduction study
• Does not speak English

Read More

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
DeStress for Health Program Participants	DeStress for Health Program	Rural residents 18 years and older of Granville and Vance counties (n=30) will be recruited to participate.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants Recruited in a 6-Month Time-frame	6 Months	Measured via subject enrollment log
Percentage of Participants That Stay in Study for Duration	3 Months	Measured via subject enrollment log
Percentage of Participants That Attend All Intervention Sessions	3 Months	Measured via subject enrollment log
Percent of Participants Rating Intervention as Useful	3 Months	Measured on a scale from 1-5 with 1 being "Not Useful at All" and 5 being "Extremely Useful".
Percent of Participants Recommending Intervention to Friend	3 Months	Measured on a scale from 1-5 with 1 being "Not at All" and 5 being "Extremely".

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Stress Self Regulation As Measured By a Survey	Baseline, 3 Months
Change in Positive Emotion As Measured by a Survey	Baseline, 3 Months
Change in Behavioral Self Regulation As Measured by a Survey	Baseline, 3 Months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Granville Vance Public Health Department; 🇺🇸 Oxford, North Carolina, United States