My Care My Call: Peer-Led Health Empowerment Training in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

August 22, 2016 updated by: Boston University

My Care My Call: Peer-Led Health Empowerment Training For People With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

My Care My Call (MCMC) is an innovative, peer-led telephone intervention designed to empower adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) in the self-management of their primary health care needs to prevent secondary conditions. In a randomized controlled trial, participants assigned to the MCMC intervention receive tapered calls from a Peer Health Coach (PHC) for six months. PHCs are experienced, empathetic peer mentors living with SCI who act as supporters, role models, and advisors, providing goal-setting support, motivation, education, and resource referral to participants. Participants complete surveys at baseline, 2, 4, and 6-months, as well as qualitative exit phone interviews.

It is hypothesized that MCMC will: 1) Increase participants' self-advocacy in health care interactions as reflected in increases in three domains of self-advocacy: assertiveness, illness education, and potential for mindful non-adherence, 2) Increase participants' self-efficacy for health care navigation, preference for involvement in, and satisfaction with their primary care physician (PCP), and 3) Increase health related quality of life and medical social support compared with those receiving usual care. Additional secondary hypotheses state that the MCMC intervention will increase access to primary care and use of preventive screening services compared with those receiving usual care.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

86

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-report of physician-confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury diagnosis
  • Injured one year ago or more
  • Telephone access for at least 9 months
  • Speaks and understands conversational English
  • Have a current health issue to address

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Moderate to severe cognitive impairment
  • Surgery scheduled for a 2-week or longer duration during the months of the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Usual Care
Experimental: Peer Health Coaching
Calls from a Peer Health Coach for 6 months
Behavioral: Calls from a Peer Health Coach for 6 months
Weekly calls for 2 months, bi-weekly calls for 2 months, monthly calls for 2 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Patient Activation Measure (PAM)
Time Frame: Change in PAM score from baseline to 2, 4, and 6 months
Measurement of self-management behavior
Change in PAM score from baseline to 2, 4, and 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Patient Self-Advocacy Scale (PSAS)
Time Frame: Change in PSAS score from baseline to 6 months
Change in PSAS score from baseline to 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Boston University

Collaborators

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Gaylord Hospital
Hospital for Special Care

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Alan Jette, PT, PhD, Boston University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 22, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 22, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

August 25, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 25, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 22, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 90SI5013

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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