Communitas: A Program for Teens Living With Chronic Illness and Their Families
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Chronic Illness
In brief
The proposed pilot study is an evaluation of Communitas, a mind-body skills group visit and for 12-19 year-olds living with chronic physical illness. The goal of this study is to assess the efficacy and feasibility of these group visits. During 2017-2018, the investigators will recruit 50-100 patient and 50-100 parent enrollees of Communitas to participate in this study. The study will be a pre-post evaluation, without a control group, using validated patient-report assessments at baseline, after completion of the group visits, and 3 months later. The primary outcome variables will be physical and mental wellbeing, stress, mood, resilience, mindfulness, and social support. Paired t tests will be used to assess changes from baseline to immediately post-intervention \& 3 months post-intervention. The investigators will also calculate Cohen's d effect sizes, to help them understand the degree to which an effect is present in the population.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03170167
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2016-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-03-04
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Enrolled in the Communitas group visit at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine or Mission Bay Children's Hospital.
- Patients enrolled in these group visits are males and females 12-20 years of age and living with a chronic illness.
You may not qualify if…
- People who are not enrolled in the Communitas group visit at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine or Mission Bay Children's Hospital will be excluded from this survey study.
- The Communitas group consists of a patient group of young people ages 12-20 living with chronic illness, as well as a parent group.
Where it is running
- Osher Center for Integrative Medicine — San Francisco, California, United States (enrolling)
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