Actively Recruiting
Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function
Led by Rush University Medical Center · Updated on 2025-04-18
360
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
153 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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
Official Title
Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Church with membership of 300 or more adults
- Church located in Cook, Lake, Dupage, Will, McHenry, Kane, or Kendall counties
- Participants aged 40 or older
- Have mobility limitations (SPPB score of 9 or less)
- Ambulatory without assistance or use of a straight cane
- Able to speak and read English
- Attend the recruitment church
- Safe to begin an exercise program as determined by the EASY Tool
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe cognitive impairment (five or more errors on the Short-Portable Mental Status Questionnaire)
- Unable to consistently attend group classes due to transportation, scheduling, travel, relocation, surgery, or similar issues
- Currently participating in a medically supervised rehabilitation program (e.g., cardiac rehab)
- Inpatient psychiatric treatment within the past 6 months or current treatment for serious psychiatric illness
- Contraindications to exercise as determined by EASY or healthcare follow-up
- Congestive heart failure NYHA Class I or higher, unstable angina, or recent heart attack or stroke within past 6 months
- Visual or hearing impairment
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60422
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Elizabeth M Lynch, PhD
CONTACT
Y
Yolanda Cartwright, PhD, RD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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