Strength and Pain-Coping Through Resilience and Knowledge
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50+
SponsorJohns Hopkins University
About this trial
Older adults who are 50 years of age and older with depressive symptoms, pain and difficulty with mobility will participate in the SPARK intervention study that includes 8 nurse visits in participants' homes to help participants with participants' pain and mood.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Self-report pain >3 out of a 0 -10 scale that has lasted longer than 3 months and keeps subjects from doing at least one activity that subjects would like to do
Live in the community
Live in Central Maryland
Score a 5 or higher on the PHQ-9 (depression measure) at least two times during a two week period (screening call and then at first data collection visit)
Disqualifiers
Hospitalized > 3 times in the last year
Participating in physical therapy
Have a terminal diagnosis (<1 year expected survival)
> moderate intellectual impairment (5-7 errors) based on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- SPARK
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov