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

NCT ID: NCT03776890

Last Updated: 2023-03-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 29 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-02-06

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

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

DeStress for Health Program Participants

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

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

DeStress for Health Program

Intervention Type: 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.

Interventions

DeStress for Health Program

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.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• 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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Devon Noonan, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Duke School of Nursing

Locations

Granville Vance Public Health Department

Oxford, North Carolina, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

Pro00100183

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id