Cost Effective Health Promotion for Older Adults
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interventional
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Brief Summary
This project tests the cost-effectiveness of two promising evidence-based health promotion/ behavior change interventions. The first intervention is the COACH Program, a revised version of the Health Enhancement Program (HEP) that has been implemented to date with older adults at multiple Senior Centers across the country (Leveille et al, 1998). The second is the web-based RealAge program which is also being implemented for older adults at multiple sites nationally and internationally. The Coach program combines a web-based risk assessment with individualized counselling. In contrast, RealAge is a totally web-based program. The specific hypotheses that we will test in the proposed cost-effectiveness study are shown below. Primary Study Hypotheses: COACH participants will experience significantly greater reductions in absenteeism, disability days, and healthcare use and cost at 6 and 12 months than RealAge participants. Participants in both the COACH and RealAge treatment groups will experience significantly greater reductions in absenteeism, disability days, and healthcare use and cost than control group participants at 6 and 12 months. Secondary Study Hypotheses: COACH participants will experience significantly greater levels of adherence to health promotion Action Plans and greater reduction in weight, body mass index, blood pressure and depression and greater increase in vitality and quality of life than RealAge participants at 6 and 12 months. Participants in both the COACH and RealAge treatment arms will experience significantly better outcomes on these measures at 6 and 12 months than control group participants.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2004
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2004
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2008
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 5, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 6, 2009
CompletedAugust 6, 2009
August 1, 2009
3.8 years
August 5, 2009
August 5, 2009
Conditions
Study Arms (3)
COACH
EXPERIMENTALweb-based risk assessments with an action plan that is negotiated with a "Coach" who provides personalized follow-up reinforcement
RealAge
EXPERIMENTALa web-based health risk assessment and risk profile with disease-specific follow-up reinforcement modules
light health education control
NO INTERVENTIONInterventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Current employee of the University of Illinois at Chicago
- + years of age
You may not qualify if:
- Those not currently employed by the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Those under the age of 40
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60608, United States
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 5, 2009
First Posted
August 6, 2009
Study Start
September 1, 2004
Primary Completion
July 1, 2008
Study Completion
July 1, 2008
Last Updated
August 6, 2009
Record last verified: 2009-08