Mindfulness, Exercise, and Nutrition To Optimize Resilience (MENTOR)

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Disabled Persons
• Interventions: Behavioral: MENTOR

• Registration Number: NCT06560619
• Lead Sponsor: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Brief Summary

The Mindfulness, Nutrition and Exercise to Optimize Resilience (MENTOR) program is offered through the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). NCHPAD is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a public health practice that offers health promotion programs and resources to people with mobility disabilities. The purpose of this project is to provide a free-of-charge wellness program designed to improve health and wellness for people with mobility and physical disability living in the United States.

Detailed Description

The objective of the MENTOR program is to improve wellness for people with mobility limitations. MENTOR is a free, 8-week program focusing on physical, mental, and emotional health for individuals with an existing disability or a recent diagnosis. The program provides core information on mindfulness, exercise, and nutrition. Participants get one-on-one health coaching and access to a fitness instructor, registered dietician, and mindfulness coach. The classes are virtual, and the exercise equipment needed for the classes will be mailed to participants.

The research question is to measure the effectiveness and implementation of the MENTOR program.

Participants will be asked to fill out an eligibility sign-up form on NCHPAD. If eligible, they will be consented by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (SRAlab) via REDCap. On the same SRAlab REDCap survey link, after the consent form, they will be able to complete an interest form. If selected, participants will be asked to complete 3 surveys through NCHPAD Connect before the MENTOR program begins.

Once the 8-week MENTOR program is complete, you will be asked to complete a post-program survey for NCHPAD about your experience, and a post-program implementation survey through SRAlab.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-16
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-19
• Study Start: 2024-10-01
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-27
• Primary Completion: 2026-08-31
• Study Completion: 2026-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Lives in the United States
• People 18 years or older
• A self-reported physical disability/mobility limitation (or use an assistive device such as an ankle foot orthosis, cane, walker, scooter, or wheelchair).
• Have internet access and a mobile device (phone, tablet, laptop, desktop) to attend sessions.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Younger than 18 years old
• Living outside of the United States
• No physical disability/mobility limitation
• No internet access

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
MENTOR Wellness Program	MENTOR	MENTOR is an 8-week group program conducted via videoconferencing, designed for individuals with physical disabilities in the United States to enhance their health and well-being. The program includes 1 hour per week of mindfulness training, 2 hours per week of exercise, and 1 hour per week of nutrition education. Participants will also receive personalized health coaching and have access to a fitness instructor, registered dietician, and mindfulness coach. Additionally, participants will receive information on 8 other areas, including self-care skills, core values, outdoor time in nature, rest/relaxation, contributing to others, arts and leisure, relationships, and spiritual practice, all taught by a trained health coach over the 8-week period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)	Pre/Post 8-week Program	This is a resilience measure to gain a better understanding of whether the program had any benefit to improving resilience. It consists of 10 items.The response scale has a 5-point range from 0 to 4. Scores are summed to provide a total score of 40, where higher scores indicate higher resilience. It measures the Effectiveness of the RE-AIM framework.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ)	Pre/Post 8-week Program	A self-report measure of physical activity. It is a 7-day recall questionnaire that contains 3 questions pertaining to light, moderate, and vigorous intensity activity. The GLTEQ can be scored either by summing all 3 intensity types (Total Activity score) after multiplying each by 3, 5, and 9, respectively, or by summing moderate and vigorous activity only (Health Promotion score). It measures the Effectiveness of the RE-AIM framework.
Nutrition Questionnaire on Mindful Eating, Habits, and Knowledge	Pre/Post 8-week Program	It is a survey to identify which dietary advice people find confusing. It consists of 3 domains: nutrition knowledge (24 items), mindful eating assessment (2 items), and eating habits (13 items).It measures the Effectiveness of the RE-AIM framework.
Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)	Pre/Post 8-week Program	This is a mindfulness scale which is used to identify potential changes in mindfulness.; This scale contains 15 items that ask participants how frequently they have a certain experience, using a 6-point Likert scale from 1 to 6. The score is calculated by calculating the mean of these 15 items. Higher scores reflect more mindfulness. It measures the Effectiveness of the RE-AIM framework.
Global Health	Pre/Post 8-week Program	It is a Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Global Health Scale V1.2 for an overall evaluation of one's physical and mental health. It consists of 10 items. Raw scores can be converted to T-scores, with higher scores reflect better health. It measures the Effectiveness of the RE-AIM framework.
NCHPAD Wellness Assessment (NWA)	Pre/Post 8-week Program	This assessment has 3 dimensions which are physical, mental, and emotional/spiritual health. Each dimension has 5 questions, and an additional question assesses the overall wellness (16 questions total). The NWA is scored on a Likert scale from 1-5. Higher scores reflect better wellness. It measures the Effectiveness of the RE-AIM framework.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States