Status:
COMPLETED
Online Education and Gentle Exercise Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
Colorado State University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Conditions:
Chronic Pain
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Aim 1: Develop and manualize the Education and Gentle Exercise intervention. Using focus groups, clinical reasoning, literature, and findings from previously tested interventions of yoga and self-mana...
Detailed Description
The long-term goal of this study is to advance best practices in complementary and integrative health (CIH) to improve health for caregivers and individuals with chronic disabilities. This proposal is...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Both members of the caregiving dyad:
- Chronic musculoskeletal pain, present for a minimum of three months
- Moderate or high levels of daily pain-related disability (BPI ≥ 5)
- Part of caregiving dyad
- Adults age 18 and over and able to speak English
- Score \>4 out of 6 on the short Mini Mental Status Exam
- Ability to stand with or without an assistive device
- Sedentary lifestyle (i.e., any waking behavior characterized by an energy expenditure ≤1.5 metabolic equivalents while in a sitting or reclining posture)
- Inclusion for care recipient only:
- Living at home in the community (with or without caregiver)
- Inclusion for caregiver only:
- Identified as the primary caregiver
- Caregiver at least the past six months
Exclusion
- Significant cardiovascular disease: New York Heart Association functional class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure; systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 105 mmHg; myocardial infarction within 3 months, chest pain or dizziness with exercise
- Stroke, or Transient Ischemic Attack within 6 months
- Respiratory conditions requiring use of oxygen at home (i.e., COPD)
- Receiving or planning to receive, cancer treatment in the next 6 months
- Alzheimer's disease, dementia; expectation of death in the next 12 months
- In current physical rehabilitation, drug/alcohol treatment, or exercise research study
- Completed self-management education in the last year
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 29 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 12 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
32 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03440320
Start Date
March 29 2018
End Date
May 12 2021
Last Update
June 13 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, 80523