Virtual Peer Health Coaching for Adolescents With Disabilities
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Official title
Virtual Peer Health Coaching as an Effective Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in Adolescents With Physical Disability
Brief summary
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Participation in physical activity (PA) confers clear physical and psychosocial benefits. Yet, many adolescents with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida do not engage in regular PA, putting them at increased risk for the detrimental impact of sedentary lifestyles such as high rates of obesity/overweight - adverse health trends that continue into adulthood. To address this PA gap, a feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial is proposed evaluating the utility of a peer health coach intervention to promote PA participation and to improve outcomes related to self-autonomy, self-efficacy, and quality of life in adolescents with physical disabilities. Peer health coaches will themselves be young adults with disabilities, trained in concepts of motivational interviewing and self-determination theory, enabling them to meet participants "where they are at" in their understanding of PA and readiness to change PA behaviors. This study will be novel given that: 1) for the first time, an adult peer health coaching model targeting PA will be adapted to the needs of adolescents with disabilities, 2) the study will employ text messaging and other social media platforms that are highly relevant to an adolescent population, and 3) the study will assess PA participation with use of ActiGraph activity trackers, designed to monitor both duration and intensity of PA in individuals with mobility impairment. The results of this study will be used to inform the design of a future, definitive RCT evaluating the efficacy of a peer health coaching intervention to create meaningful change in physical and psychosocial outcomes. By empowering adolescents with disabilities to take control of their own physical and psychosocial health, this work has the potential to impact the well-being and quality of life of participants for many years to come.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05587634
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 25 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 12 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 2020
- Primary completion
- Mar 30, 2022
- Completion
- Dec 30, 2022
- Last update posted
- Oct 24, 2022
2020 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital | Charlestown | Massachusetts | 02129 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 24, 2022 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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