Strength and Pain-Coping Through Resilience and Knowledge
Recruiting · NCT07228520 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
SPARK
What this trial is about
Older adults who are 50 years of age and older with depressive symptoms, pain and difficulty with mobility will participate in the SPARK intervention study that includes 8 nurse visits in participants' homes to help participants with participants' pain and mood.
Who can take part
Age range
50 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Self-report pain \>3 out of a 0 -10 scale that has lasted longer than 3 months and keeps subjects from doing at least one activity that subjects would like to do
- Live in the community
- Live in Central Maryland
- Score a 5 or higher on the PHQ-9 (depression measure) at least two times during a two week period (screening call and then at first data collection visit)
- Must be pre-frail (one or two criteria on frailty phenotype) or frail (three or more of the criteria on frailty phenotype)
- One ADL or IADL limitation
Exclusion criteria
- Hospitalized \> 3 times in the last year
- Participating in physical therapy
- Have a terminal diagnosis (\<1 year expected survival)
- \> moderate intellectual impairment (5-7 errors) based on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
- Unable to speak or understand English
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Johns Hopkins School of Nursing - Baltimore, Maryland, United States