Study of a Holistic Health Program for United Methodist Clergy
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity, Depression, Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia
In brief
This study seeks to test a two-year intervention designed for United Methodist clergy. The intervention consists of: the stress reduction program Williams LifeSkills, adapted for clergy; the 10-session online weight loss program Naturally Slim Foundations plus its 7-session online booster program, Naturally Slim Advanced; monthly phone conversations with Wellness Advocates who function as health coaches; and three in-person workshops that cover the theology of the body and incarnation and provide the religious rationale for caring for the mind and body. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three cohorts, all of which will eventually receive the intervention but which differ by intervention timing, thereby building in a randomized waitlist control group. The investigators hypothesize that intervention participants will achieve reductions in metabolic syndrome, depression, and stress, and achieve improvements in quality of life and spiritual well-being, compared to the waiting control group participants.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01564719
- Run by
- Duke Clergy Health Initiative
- People needed
- 1114
- Starts
- 2010-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-09-30
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- United Methodist Church pastors (Elders, Probationary Elders, Deacons, Interim Supply Pastors, and Local Pastors) serving a local church, as Bishop, as a District Superintendent, or on Conference staff, in either the North Carolina Annual Conference or Western North Carolina Conference as of July 2010
- age 18 or above
You may not qualify if…
- Extension ministers other than Conference staff
- Pastors on leave
Where it is running
- Duke Divinity School — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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