A Resilience Building Intervention to Promote Successful Aging

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Community Dwelling Adults Aged 50 and Older
• Interventions: Behavioral: Pilot Resilience Building Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03294655
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

In this pilot study, a pre-post experimental design will be used, in which 60 community dwelling adults aged 50+ will recruited from a larger parent study, and will then be randomized to either a no-contact control or intervention condition. Those in the intervention condition will receive a psychoeducational intervention in which they will receive scientific literature-based information on resilience and strategies to bolster resilience, as well as developing an individualized plan on areas to engage in at home over the next four weeks. All participants will return for an immediate posttest using an abbreviated version of the baseline battery from the parent study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-27
• Study Start: 2018-04-13
• Primary Completion: 2019-03-31
• Study Completion: 2019-03-31
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

• Must be enrolled in a larger parent study
• The criteria for the parent study are: no neurological or severe neuromedical disorders (e.g., stroke, schizophrenia), must be able to speak English, not be legally blind or deaf, not currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy, no brain trauma with loss of consciousness greater than 30 mins, and not homeless.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Pilot Resilience Building Intervention	the intervention condition will come to the lab for a 1 hour Pilot Resilience Building Intervention including a presentation on resilience and strategies to boost adherence, of which they will chose five to integrate in their daily life over the following 4 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Resilience	4 weeks	Connor Davidson Resilience Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

the Holly Mears Building/Center for Research on Applied Gerontology; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States