Health Effects of Mentoring

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiovascular Health
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mentoring

• Registration Number: NCT02900638
• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether mentoring is associated with beneficial cardiovascular health effects in both mentors and mentees.

Detailed Description

Participants are randomly assigned to either being a mentor or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of undergraduate students. Participants are also randomly assigned to either being a mentee or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of Chicago Public School children. In total, there will be 30 mentors, 30 control mentors, 30 mentees, and 30 control mentees. Participants will come for a laboratory visit in which cardiovascular health measures will be taken (details below). Visits will occur once at baseline (before the intervention starts), and once post-intervention. The protocol will be the same at the two study visits. Participants in the intervention group will engage in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once a week after school for the school year

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-14
• Primary Completion: 2019-08
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-02
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 55

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate student for mentors.
• Chicago Public School student for mentees.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Younger than 9 or older than 14 for mentee conditions.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention (Mentor/Mentee)	Mentoring	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood Pressure	Change in blood pressure from baseline to 8 months
Obesity [body mass index]	Change in body mass index from baseline to 8 months	BMI in kg/m\^2, weight in kilograms, height in meters
Pro-inflammatory cytokines [standardized and averaged value of pro-inflammatory cytokines and CRP]	Change in cytokine composite score from baseline to 8 months
Cholesterol	Change in cholesterol from baseline to 8 months
HbA1c	Change in HbA1c from baseline to 8 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern University; 🇺🇸 Evanston, Illinois, United States