An Aging Healthy Intervention for Older Adults Delivered by Community Health Workers in Senior Centers: A Clinical Trial

ConditionHealthy Aging

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age60+

SponsorGeorge Mason University

About this trial

The aCT Study will develop, implement and evaluate a community health worker (CHW) integrated model of care delivery for older adults that is senior center based. CHW services will be available for older adult participants at three centers, 4 hours per week for 4 months. Three centers will continue usual services. Researchers will compare blood pressure, physical activity levels, fruit/vegetable consumption and psychosocial outcomes across groups before and after the intervention.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

aCT CHW intervention
Behavioral
The aCT CHW intervention arm will be delivered by state-certified CHWs employed and supervised by Kentucky Homeplace, a local organization that provides training and CHW services to local communities. Trained CHWs will deliver the intervention at three senior centers 4 hours per week for 4 months, which will include health promotion and disease prevention services and programs, advocacy, and health screenings.

Treatment groups

250 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: aCT CHW InterventionActive comparator 1 intervention

Group B: Usual practiceNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

blood pressure

Blood pressure will be measured in duplicate, with appropriate size cuff and participant seated, arm supported so elbow at heart level and following a 5 minute rest.

Time frame

Baseline following enrollment and 4-5 months later following completion of the intervention

physical activity levels

We will use a self-report measure, the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA), a 9-item questionnaire validated for use in older adults

Time frame

Baseline following enrollment and 4-5 months later following intervention completion

Sponsors and contacts

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George Mason University

Lead sponsor

University of Kentucky

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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