Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function

Description

This is a 12-month multi-level behavioral cluster randomized trial testing a church-based intervention to improve physical function (PF) in Americans with PF limitations.

Conditions

Physical Function, Multiple Chronic Conditions

Talk to us

Study Overview

On this page

Study Details

Study overview

This is a 12-month multi-level behavioral cluster randomized trial testing a church-based intervention to improve physical function (PF) in Americans with PF limitations.

Keep it Movin': A Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function

Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function

Condition
Physical Function
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60422

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * Membership of 300 or more adults
  • * Located in Cook, Lake, Dupage, Will, McHenry, Kane, or Kendall counties
  • * Age 40 or older
  • * Have mobility limitations (defined as SPPB score of ≤9)
  • * Ambulatory, defined as able to get out of a chair and walk without assistance without using a straight cane
  • * Able to speak and read English
  • * Attend recruitment church; and
  • * Safe to begin an exercise program, which will be determined using the Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) Tool.
  • * Severe cognitive impairment, defined as five or more errors on the Short-Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
  • * Unable to consistently attend group classes at a scheduled time due to lack of reliable transportation, schedule conflicts, travel, plans to relocate, upcoming surgery, etc.
  • * Participating in a medically supervised rehabilitation program such as cardiac rehab
  • * Inpatient treatment for a psychiatric condition within the past 6 months, or currently receiving treatment for schizophrenia or other serious psychiatric illness
  • * Contraindications to exercise determined using the EASY/healthcare follow-up
  • * Congestive heart failure New York Health Association (NYHA) Class I or higher; unstable angina; heart attack or stroke within past 6 months
  • * Visual or hearing impairment.

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Rush University Medical Center,

Study Record Dates

2026-09-01