Peer Partners to Improve Physical Activity in Older Latino and Latina Adults With Parkinson's Disease.
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease
In brief
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 facts
- Study ID
- NCT06170866
- Run by
- UConn Health
- People needed
- 10
- Starts
- 2023-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2024-08-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-11-26
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Idiopathic Parkinson disease,
- Able to walk without the assistance of another person for 10 minutes
- ≥ 29 on Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS)
- To have a close friend/family member over the age of 18 that would support the participant during the intervention
- ≥ 50 years of age
- Hispanic
- To be willing to use an activity monitor and use a Fitbit and Fitbit application
- To be on a stable course of PD medications without any plans for change over the next 3 months
- To be able to speak, read and write in Spanish or English
You may not qualify if…
- Unstable cardiopulmonary, orthopedic, psychological or metabolic condition
- Atypical Parkinsonism Disorders
- A fall in the last 6 months (that was unrelated to an external force)
- Currently engaging in 150 minutes of mod-vigorous physical activity/week
Where it is running
- University of Connecticut — Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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