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Brainstorming group sessions for Chronic Disease

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Elizabeth Alvarez, MD, MPH, PhD
Research Sponsored by McMaster University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
18 years of age or older
16 years of age or older
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months
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Study Summary

This trial will test a new person-centered program to help people with chronic conditions make lifestyle changes. The program will last one year and include individual and group sessions. The trial will compare the new program to a less intensive version of the program to see if it is more effective.

Eligible Conditions
  • Stress
  • Mental Health Wellness
  • Chronic Disease
  • Health Behaviors
  • Quality of Life
  • Health Promotion

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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and support the family as they reintegrate into the community The more intensive program provides services and supports the family as they reintegrate into the community.
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The study's participants who are not in the healthy lifestyles program can still receive health care.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Retention rates
Secondary outcome measures
Changes in blood pressure
Changes in body mass index (BMI)
Changes in health goals - Goal achievement over time
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: More Intensive Program (MIP)Experimental Treatment5 Interventions
Participants will receive the more intensive program, which combines usual care with the full version of the healthy lifestyles program. Participants in this arm will meet weekly for group health and wellness learning sessions or brainstorming group sessions. In addition, they will meet monthly for individual sessions with a multidisciplinary health team, including a family physician, physical therapist and dietician to tailor their health goal development and action plans to their particular needs and situations. They will be asked to maintain physical activity and nutrition journals for a week each every three months.
Group II: Less Intensive Program (LIP)Experimental Treatment2 Interventions
Participants will receive the less intensive program, which combines usual care along with health goal development. Participants in this arm will meet at baseline to set health goals with the support of a research assistant trained in theories of health behaviour and goal setting. They will also meet every three months to measure progress in achieving their goals. They will be asked to maintain physical activity and nutrition journals for a week each every three months.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Health and wellness learning sessions
2018
N/A
~30
Brainstorming group sessions
2018
N/A
~30
Individual sessions with a multidisciplinary health team
2018
N/A
~30
Health goal development
2018
N/A
~30
Physical activity and nutrition journals
2018
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

McMaster UniversityLead Sponsor
876 Previous Clinical Trials
2,595,970 Total Patients Enrolled
13 Trials studying Chronic Disease
3,834 Patients Enrolled for Chronic Disease
Elizabeth Alvarez, MD, MPH, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorMcMaster University

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