Health Effects of Mentoring

March 2, 2020 updated by: Edith Chen, Northwestern University

Pilot Study of Physical Health Effects of Cities Mentor Project

The purpose of this study is to determine whether mentoring is associated with beneficial cardiovascular health effects in both mentors and mentees.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants are randomly assigned to either being a mentor or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of undergraduate students. Participants are also randomly assigned to either being a mentee or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of Chicago Public School children. In total, there will be 30 mentors, 30 control mentors, 30 mentees, and 30 control mentees. Participants will come for a laboratory visit in which cardiovascular health measures will be taken (details below). Visits will occur once at baseline (before the intervention starts), and once post-intervention. The protocol will be the same at the two study visits. Participants in the intervention group will engage in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once a week after school for the school year

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

55

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60208
        • Northwestern University

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

9 years to 25 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Undergraduate student for mentors.
  • Chicago Public School student for mentees.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 9 or older than 14 for mentee conditions.

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: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Wait list control
Experimental: Intervention (Mentor/Mentee)
Behavioral: Mentoring
Youth in the intervention group will participate in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once per week after school. Mentoring sessions will focus on the development of a social bond between mentor and mentee.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Obesity [body mass index]
Time Frame: Change in body mass index from baseline to 8 months
BMI in kg/m^2, weight in kilograms, height in meters
Change in body mass index from baseline to 8 months
Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Change in blood pressure from baseline to 8 months
Change in blood pressure from baseline to 8 months
Pro-inflammatory cytokines [standardized and averaged value of pro-inflammatory cytokines and CRP]
Time Frame: Change in cytokine composite score from baseline to 8 months
Change in cytokine composite score from baseline to 8 months
Cholesterol
Time Frame: Change in cholesterol from baseline to 8 months
Change in cholesterol from baseline to 8 months
HbA1c
Time Frame: Change in HbA1c from baseline to 8 months
Change in HbA1c from baseline to 8 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Northwestern University

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

August 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 1, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

September 14, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 4, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2020

Last Verified

March 1, 2020

More Information

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • STU00203223

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