Growth Mindset Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Disease

NCT ID: NCT06550817

Last Updated: 2024-08-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 77 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-31

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to develop and investigate the effectiveness of a growth mindset intervention based on growth mindset theory.

Detailed Description

The study employed a quasi-randomized controlled trial design conducted over 12 weeks. Before conducting the study, the researchers numbered the wards of internal medicine departments (excluding intensive care units) according to the order of bed number. The wards were then randomly divided into intervention wards and control wards using a random number generator. Patients were recruited to the control group (e-health only) in the control ward and the intervention group (growth mindset intervention+ e-health) in the intervention unit. Participants in the control group could undergo the training after the study concluded.

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

growth mindset + e-health

Participants received an e-health program intervention plus a growth mindset intervention over 12 weeks, with weekly sessions for the first 6 weeks and biweekly follow-up phone calls for the next six weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Growth mindset intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

Online intervention is implemented and it lasts about 20 minutes each time, while face-to-face intervention lasts about 30 minutes each time, and they are carried out for a total of six weeks, face-to-face or telephone intervention is implemented once every two weeks for about 15 minutes each time

e-health only

Participants received an e-health program intervention over 12 weeks, with weekly sessions for the first 6 weeks and biweekly follow-up phone calls for the next six weeks.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

E-health Program

Intervention Type: OTHER

face-to-face e-health teaching in the first 6 weeks, and telephone follow-up were conducted once a week, for about 10 minutes each time in the last 6 weeks

Interventions

Growth mindset intervention

Online intervention is implemented and it lasts about 20 minutes each time, while face-to-face intervention lasts about 30 minutes each time, and they are carried out for a total of six weeks, face-to-face or telephone intervention is implemented once every two weeks for about 15 minutes each time

Intervention Type: OTHER

E-health Program

face-to-face e-health teaching in the first 6 weeks, and telephone follow-up were conducted once a week, for about 10 minutes each time in the last 6 weeks

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• aged≥60 years
• diagnosed≥1 chronic disease
• owned at least one smartphone
• could communicate clearly in writing or orally
• were willing to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria

• could not use WeChat or phone to communicate
• diagnosed as mental illness or cognitive impairment
• suffered from acute severe disease or lost self-care ability
• undergoing other similar training

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Huzhou University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yaling Zeng

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Meijuan Cao

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Huzhou University

Locations

School of Medicine and Nursing， Huzhou University

Huzhou, Zhejiang, China

School of Nursing Huzhou University

Huzhou, Zhejiang, China

Countries

China

Other Identifiers

2022015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id