Peer Partners to Improve Physical Activity in Older Latino and Latina Adults With Parkinson's Disease.

Part of paid clinical trials in Storrs, Connecticut.

Sponsor
UConn Health
Study ID
NCT06170866
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
50 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Socially supported physical activity — BEHAVIORAL
    Use of a culturally and linguistically tailored intervention that uses mobile health technology plus social support to increase engagement in physical activity in the management of Parkinson´s disease.

Study Details

The goal of this interventional study is to culturally adapt and determine feasibility of the peer partner training program and the peer-supported mobile health physical activity intervention in older Latin/Hispanic people with Parkinson's disease. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * What is the feasibility of the peer partner training program? * What is the feasibility of the peer-supported mobile health physical activity intervention? * What are the effects of the peer-supported mobile health physical activity intervention on physical activity, motivation, depression, apathy and self-efficacy? Participants will be asked to: * Wear a research-grade activity monitor, Actigraph GT9X device for 10 days at the beginning and end of the study. * Watch 11 educational videos about Parkinson´s disease and exercise and attend two virtual educational sessions. * Connect with another person with Parkinson´s disease one time a week on a virtual meeting platform for 8 weeks. * Use Fitbit activity monitors and connect with other participants through the Fitbit application for 8 weeks. * Attend a weekly online exercise class for 8 weeks with other people with Parkinon´s disease.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 1, 2023
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2024
Completion
Aug 30, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
10 participants (actual)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Social support for physical activity
    Socially supported (peer, family and group) physical activity group.

Primary Outcome Measure

Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) [ Time Frame: After completion of the entire intervention (11 weeks) ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIP
University of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut06269

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