Status:
UNKNOWN
Optimizing a Self-compassion Intervention Designed to Improve Physical Activity Among Women at Risk for Heart Disease
Lead Sponsor:
University of Manitoba
Conditions:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Eligibility:
FEMALE
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators aim to optimize an intervention which teaches women at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) to cope with this risk using self-compassion (an attitude of kindness towards oneself) in...
Detailed Description
In preparation for the proposed research, the investigators conducted a one-arm pilot intervention (N=11) to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a self-compassion intervention for women at ri...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 55 years or older
- Flagged response on CANHEART Index (Maclagan et al., 2014) (response of "yes" to having high blood pressure)
- Insufficient self-reported physical activity relative to guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week.
- No current or planned enrolment in programming similar to the intervention
- No current diagnosis of cardiovascular disease
- No medical conditions that make it unsafe to engage in physical activity
- Available for all intervention sessions
- Comfortable using videoconferencing
- Comfortable reading and communicating in English
- Score on the self-compassion scale will be monitored in order to ensure equal enrolment of participants scoring low, moderate, and high on the self-compassion scale (Neff, 2021). Eligibility criteria may be adjusted according to self-compassion score in order to represent the full range of possible self-compassion scores.
Exclusion
- Being under 50 years old
- No flagged response on CANHEART Index (Maclagan et al., 2014) (response of "no" to having high blood pressure)
- Self-report meeting or exceeding guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week.
- Current or planned enrolment in programming similar to the intervention
- Current diagnosis of cardiovascular disease
- Medical conditions that make it unsafe to engage in physical activity
- Not available for all intervention sessions
- Not comfortable using videoconferencing
- No comfortable reading and communicating in English
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 9 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
96 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05209373
Start Date
January 9 2022
End Date
August 1 2023
Last Update
January 26 2022
Active Locations (1)
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The University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2