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Volunteering and Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT01698034

Last Updated: 2012-10-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

106 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-09-30

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study tested whether getting youth engaged in helping others (volunteering) would benefit youth's physical health. 106 predominantly minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) youth were randomized to either volunteer weekly with elementary school children in after school programs or to a wait-list control group. The investigators hypothesized that cardiovascular risk markers of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), total cholesterol, and body mass index (BMI) would be lower at post-intervention (4 months after baseline) in the volunteer group compared to the control group. The investigators also hypothesized that the intervention might work through pathways such as reducing negative mood, improving self esteem, and increasing prosocial behaviors (empathy, altruism).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Keywords

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volunteering cardiovascular health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Volunteering

Weekly volunteering with elementary school children in after school programs

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Volunteering

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Weekly volunteering with elementary school children in after school programs

Control

Wait-list control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Volunteering

Weekly volunteering with elementary school children in after school programs

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 10th grade high school student
* English speaking
* No chronic illnesses

Exclusion Criteria

* Chronic medical illness
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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William T. Grant Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

HopeLab Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of British Columbia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Edith Chen

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Northwestern University

Locations

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Vancouver Technical Secondary School

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Schreier HM, Schonert-Reichl KA, Chen E. Effect of volunteering on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Apr;167(4):327-32. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1100.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23440253 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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H11-00943

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id