DeStress for Health: Partnering With Granville and Vance Counties to Reduce Stress and Cancer Risk

NCT03776890 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pro00100183
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 29
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether a positive psychology intervention paired with a health behavior intervention is successful in decreasing perceived stress and increasing positive affect in residents of Vance and Granville County. Participants will attend 4 classes that occur once a week. The first class will focus on nutrition, the second class will focus on exercise, the 3rd class will focus on tobacco use, and the 4th class that will review the previous 3 classes and help participants incorporate the strategies taught in the Destress for Health Program into their everyday lives. The duration of each class is 1 hour and the classes will be held once a week for a total of 4 weeks. Participants in this research study will be asked to complete 2 surveys. The first survey will occur during class 1, and will ask participants about their demographic information, health behaviors, stress levels, emotions, and behaviors. The second survey will be conducted over the phone and will occur 30-days after the final class and will ask participants about their health behaviors, stress levels, emotions, behaviors and also about whether or not they felt the classes they attended were useful to them. Total study duration is about 2 months.

Conditions

Stress Reduction

Keywords

stress reduction; rural; health behaviors; north carolina

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Number of Participants Recruited in a 6-Month Time-frame

  Measured via subject enrollment log

  6 Months

• Percentage of Participants That Stay in Study for Duration

  Measured via subject enrollment log

  3 Months

• Percentage of Participants That Attend All Intervention Sessions

  Measured via subject enrollment log

  3 Months

• Percent of Participants Rating Intervention as Useful

  Measured on a scale from 1-5 with 1 being "Not Useful at All" and 5 being "Extremely Useful".

  3 Months

• Percent of Participants Recommending Intervention to Friend

  Measured on a scale from 1-5 with 1 being "Not at All" and 5 being "Extremely".

  3 Months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Stress Self Regulation As Measured By a Survey

  Baseline, 3 Months

• Change in Positive Emotion As Measured by a Survey

  Baseline, 3 Months

• Change in Behavioral Self Regulation As Measured by a Survey

  Baseline, 3 Months

Study Arms (1)

DeStress for Health Program Participants

EXPERIMENTAL

Rural residents 18 years and older of Granville and Vance counties (n=30) will be recruited to participate.

Behavioral: DeStress for Health Program

Interventions

DeStress for Health Program BEHAVIORAL

The program will consist of 4 in person sessions that are based on empirically supported Positive Psychosocial Well-Being PPWB components including Optimism, Mindfulness, Positive Reprisal as well as Strengths-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SBCBT) to improve behavioral self-regulation towards health-related goals. Research staff will conduct face-to-face surveys with participants at baseline and at end of program. Finally, we will conduct a phone-based survey 30 days after program completion to assess sustainability of intervention effects.

DeStress for Health Program Participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Live in Granville or Vance Counties;
• \>18 years old;
• Interested in participating a stress reduction study
• Speak English

You may not qualify if:

• Does Not Live in Granville or Vance Counties
• Under 18 years of age
• Not interested in participating in a stress reduction study
• Does not speak English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duke University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Granville Vance Public Health Department

Oxford, North Carolina, 27565, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Devon Noonan, Ph.D

  Duke School of Nursing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2018
• First Posted: December 17, 2018
• Study Start: March 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: February 6, 2020
• Study Completion: February 6, 2020
• Last Updated: March 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)