A Mobile Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health (MORPH)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Chronic Pain, Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle
In brief
Chronic pain contributes to declining health and function in older adults; effects that are intensified by obesity and sedentary (sitting) behavior. The purpose of this study is to develop and test a novel, patient-centered intervention to reduce pain and improve physical function in older, obese adults. The study will utilize a combination of telephone based coaching and smartphone tools to deliver this novel intervention to decrease both body weight and sitting behavior. The long-term goals of this project are to test the efficacy of the intervention and to develop it as a tool for clinicians to provide outside-of-clinic patient-centered support for overweight/obese older adults with chronic pain.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03377634
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 33
- Starts
- 2018-08-07
- Expected to finish
- 2020-02-28
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-01-22
Who can join
Age: 65 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Own smartphone
- Pain in 2 of 5 areas (i.e., back, neck, shoulders, hips, knees) on most days during the previous 3 months
- No contraindication for participation in exercise with approval for participation by their physician
- Obese (BMI=30-45 kg/m2)
- Weight-stable (i.e., no weight loss or gain > 5% in the past 6 months)
- Low-active (i.e., engaging in less than 2 days/week of structured physical activity for at least 20 minutes).
- Approved for participation by LMC Pain Center Director and Dr. Brooks
- Willingness to provide consent; Agree to all study procedures and assessments; Able to provide own transportation to study visits
- Access to home Wi-Fi and smartphone device
You may not qualify if…
- Dependent on cane or walker
- >1 fall (injurious or non-injurious) in past year
- Vision insufficient to read a smartphone screen, unable to read
- Participation in regular resistance training and/or > 20 mins/d of aerobic exercise in past 6 months
- No contraindication to exercise
- Unable to walk without assistive devices
- Cognitive impairment as indicated by a Montreal Cognitive Assessment score < 22
- Uncontrolled hypertension (>160/90 mmHg);
- Current or recent past (within 1 year) severe symptomatic heart disease, uncontrolled angina, stroke, chronic respiratory disease requiring oxygen, neurological or hematological disease; cancer requiring treatment in past yr, except non-melanoma skin cancers
- Regular use of: growth hormones, oral steroids, or prescription osteoporosis medications
- Current participation in other research study targeting pain, physical activity, or weight loss
Where it is running
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Pain Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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