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AGE SELF CARE: Promoting Healthy Aging Through a Group Visit Program

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Frailty Syndrome
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Frailty
Aging
Interventions
Behavioral: AGE SELF CARE group visit program
Registration Number
NCT06079762
Lead Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brief Summary

Aim 1: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering AGE SELF CARE through virtual medical group visits by measuring recruitment rate, adherence, and participant satisfaction.

Hypothesis 1: It will be feasible to recruit 12 older adults who are pre-frail. Hypothesis 2: At least 70% of participants will attend 6 of 8 group visit sessions.

Hypothesis 3: At least 70% of participants will report satisfaction with the program.

Aim 2: Determine the feasibility and burden of measuring frailty in this study by different instruments.

Hypothesis 1: At least 70% of participants will complete portions of all frailty assessments.

Hypothesis 2: Participants will not find testing to be burdensome and measures may be completed in 60 minutes or less.

Hypothesis 3: Mean gait speed and frailty index will improve from baseline to post-intervention.

Detailed Description

Study Design: pilot study

Setting: BWH Osher Clinical Center for Integrative Medicine, or "OCC", is a collaboration between BWH and Harvard Medical School (HMS), focused on enhancing human health, resilience, and quality of life through translational research, clinical practice, and education in integrative medicine. The OCC is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of physicians, chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, coaches, nutritionists, craniosacral therapists, and other practitioners who treat patients with a variety of conditions. Patients across New England regularly access the OCC through self-referral or referral from primary care or subspecialty practices.

Participants: Community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older who are pre-frail (based on FRAIL) during the initial study visit (n=12).

Intervention: AGE SELF CARE consists of 8 weekly 90-minute virtual group visits, with approximately 12 participants in each group. Sessions focus on chronic disease management; healthy lifestyle education, including nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and socialization; home adaptation to optimize the home environment for usability and safety with aging; and anticipatory guidance. Educational materials include a library of handouts and pre-recorded videos from interdisciplinary team members about a topic. The group applies learning to their own lives, develops personal goals, and reports back about brief home activities or practices.

Sessions will be modified and targeted toward frailty prevention according to existing data and published guidelines. For example, the Mediterranean diet will be discussed as a nutritional approach that can reduce frailty progression. Physical activity guidelines will focus on resistance training to simulate daily activities, power training, balance exercise, and mind-body movement. Finally, sessions will include information on home safety modification and polypharmacy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
11
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
AGE SELF CARE group visit programAGE SELF CARE group visit programParticipants will take part in 8 weekly 90-minute virtual group visit program sessions
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Recruitment rateBaseline

Proportion of contacted potential participants who enrolled in the study

AttendanceImmediately after the intervention

Proportion of participants who attend at least 6 of 8 scheduled Zoom visits

Completion of home practice logImmediately after the intervention

Proportion of of participants who complete the home practice log each week

Proportion lost to follow-upImmediately after the intervention

Proportion of enrolled participants who were lost to follow-up (unable to be contacted during study)

Participant satisfactionImmediately after the intervention

Participant satisfaction with program, visual analog scale from 1 to 10 (10 indicating highest satisfaction)

Completion of testingBaseline and immediately after the intervention

Proportion of enrolled participants who completed testing for the study; time taken to complete testing

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient health questionnaire 2-item scale (PHQ-2)Baseline and immediately after the intervention

Depression

LonelinessBaseline and immediately after the intervention

University of California at Los Angeles 3-item Loneliness Questionnaire

Self-reported healthBaseline and immediately after the intervention

General health perception (from SF-12)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2-item scale (GAD-2)Baseline and immediately after the intervention

Anxiety

Frailty indexBaseline and immediately after the intervention

Measurement of a frailty index based on the deficit accumulation model (PMID: 32072368)

SleepBaseline and immediately after the intervention

Sleep questions from Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) questionnaire

Godin Leisure-Time Exercise QuestionnaireBaseline and immediately after the intervention

Physical activity

Self-efficacyBaseline and immediately after the intervention

1 question from New General Self-Efficacy Scale

Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)Baseline and immediately after the intervention

Measures of balance, gait speed, and chair stands

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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