Creating African-American Wellness Through Exercise
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Depression
In brief
The purpose of this study is to pilot-test a culturally-tailored, community-based educational program for African-Americans, focusing on how to use exercise and other self-management strategies to reduce depressive symptoms and improve health. This study will explore what type of additional support would encourage depressed African-Americans to exercise regularly. The investigators hypothesize that participants will report greater frequency of exercise and lower depression scores at the end of the program than they did at baseline. However, this study is not adequately powered to test this hypothesis - the main goal is to assess feasibility, acceptability and satisfaction of the pilot intervention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00867776
- Run by
- Oregon Health and Science University
- People needed
- 22
- Starts
- 2009-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-11-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18 years of age
- African-American or of African-American descent
- Currently participating in the African-American Health Coalition Free Exercise-Card Program
- Experiencing moderate depressive symptoms, as indicated by a score of 10-20 on the Depression Scale of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9.
- Exercising less than three times per week (for a minimum of 30 minutes per session) over the past month
You may not qualify if…
- Actively suicidal
- If a health care provider, AAHC staff member, or an investigator feel that participation in the program may endanger the participant's health or safety.
- Known mental or cognitive impairments
- Known condition that precludes their ability to feasibly participate in a support group session.
Where it is running
- African American Health Coalition — Portland, Oregon, United States
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