Temporally-Oriented Subjective Well-being Across Transitions-Resources & Outcomes

NCT01583946 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: PRO110702431R01AT007262-01
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 793
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

As individuals age, they undergo transitions in many aspects of their lives. These transitions include social, economic and health transitions. People review their lives, and reflect on past choices. Future time is limited by the increasing proximity to end of life. This may lead to regrets and, in people with the ability to use compensatory mechanisms, a redoubling of efforts to achieve valued goals or a reprioritization of valued goals. In the context of aging, individuals' past, present, and future-oriented subjective well-being (SWB) may change. There is an incomplete understanding of the relationship of SWB, intra- and inter-personal resources, and outcomes, (particularly health and healthcare-cost outcomes). These issues have complicated the use of SWB measures and the investigators are left with traditional metrics such as life expectancy, infant mortality, wealth, and poverty to assess healthy aging, resulting in an incomplete picture of healthy aging. This project will examine the relationships among SWB, intra- and inter-personal resources, and health and healthcare-cost outcomes. It will advance the understanding of SWB and its role in healthy aging in order to assist policy makers in valuing the potential benefits of improving SWB on health and healthcare costs. The investigators will accomplish this through the following specific aim: Aim 1: To determine how SWB (past, present, and future-oriented): (1) is affected by life transitions, and (2) affects outcomes after life transitions.

Conditions

Quality of Life

Keywords

subjective well-being; life transitions; health-related quality of life; health; healthcare costs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• healthcare costs

  healthcare costs

  Over at least 3 years

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• number of new diagnoses developed

  Over at least 3 years

• hospitalization

  Over at least 3 years

• hospital length of stay

  Over at least 3 years

• disease management over one year

  Over at least 3 years

Study Arms (8)

Male low past-oriented SWB

Male high past-oriented SWB

Female low past-oriented SWB

Female high past-oriented SWB

Black Female high past-oriented SWB

Black Female low past-oriented SWB

Black male low past-oriented SWB

Black male high past-oriented SWB

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Males and females 50 and older

You may qualify if:

• participants will be included if they are GIMO patients who complete the FAST,
• are aged 50 or older,
• agree to participate, and
• belong to an unfilled bin.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• National Institute on Aging (NIA): collaborator
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Division of General Internal Medicine UPMC Montefiore Hospital

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Rachel Hess, MD, MS

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2012
• First Posted: April 24, 2012
• Study Start: April 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2016
• Study Completion: May 1, 2016
• Last Updated: June 9, 2016

Record last verified: 2015-12

Locations

US (1)