Healthy Lifestyles for People With Intellectual Disabilities

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Retardation; Developmental Disabilities; Intellectual Disabilities
• Interventions: Behavioral: Healthy Lifestyles Curriculum

• Registration Number: NCT00597948
• Lead Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Brief Summary

Relatively few health promotion and disease prevention programs have included or targeted people with disabilities, and even fewer have focused on individuals with intellectual disabilities.

The long-term objectives of the Healthy Lifestyles for People with Intellectual Disabilities Study (HLID) are to increase the health of persons with intellectual disabilities by establishing the efficacy of a health promotion program and promoting its adoption. The HLID Study is based in the Center on Community Accessibility (CCA) at Oregon Health \& Science University. The mission of CCA is to increase the health and health-related quality of life of persons with disabilities.

A pilot study conducted by CCA has established the effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles (HL) intervention among a cross-disability population in increasing health behavior adoption. The specific aim of the HLID Study is to test the efficacy of the HL program specifically with adults with intellectual disabilities.

The HLID Study uses a randomized control study design. The HL intervention will be administered to 75 adults and will compare results to those of an additional 75 adults who receive no intervention. Measurement will include anthropometric assessments to measure impacts on overweight and obesity, as well as self-report measures of healthy behaviors, health status, health care utilization, and secondary conditions. Results will be shared with research participants, presented through professional conferences and newsletters, and published in peer-reviewed journals with the assistance of community partners.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04
• Study First Submitted: 2008-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-18
• Primary Completion: 2010-01
• Study Completion: 2010-03
• Status Verified: 2012-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-02-23
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 131

Inclusion Criteria

• Living in Oregon or Southwest Washington
• Ages 18-65 years
• Have mild or moderate mental retardation/developmental disability/intellectual disability as defined by Oregon or Washington state (depending on place of residence) developmental disability service delivery system
• Eligible in Oregon or Washington (depending on place of residence) to receive services for people with mental retardation/developmental/intellectual disability
• Living in the community (i.e., group home, with family/friends, on own with or without support)
• Participant defined health status of excellent, good, or fair
• Participant expressed interest in participation in study
• Participant expressed willingness to be assigned to either Workshop or Control study group

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Healthy Lifestyles Curriculum	Workshop Group: Receives Healthy Lifestyles curriculum and subsequent support.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health Promoting Lifestyles Profile II	Pre, post, and follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Mass Index (BMI)	Pre, post, and follow-up
waist circumference	pre, post, and follow-up
Community Integration Questionnaire	pre, post, and follow-up
Healthy Lifestyles Knowledge Test	pre, post, and follow-up
Starting and Continuing Healthy Behaviors	pre, post, and follow-up
Self-Efficacy and Social Support for Activity for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities	pre, post, follow-up
Living Well with a Disability Evaluation	pre, post, follow-up
General Health Survey	pre, post, follow-up
Healthy Lifestyles Goal Tracking Form	post and follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Oregon Health & Science University; 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States