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The Baltimore Experience Corps Study

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified January 2009 by National Institute on Aging (NIA).
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Retirement Research Foundation
Abell Foundation
Experience Corps National Office
France-Merrick Foundation
Goldseeker Foundation
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
Maryland Governor's Office of Service and Volunteerism
Information provided by:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00380562
First received: September 25, 2006
Last updated: January 29, 2009
Last verified: January 2009
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Experience Corps program in preventing or delaying physical disability in older adults, by studying the effects of volunteerism on physical, social and cognitive well-being.


Condition Intervention
Aging
Generativity
 Behavioral: Experience Corps

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Experience Corps Trial: Improving Health of Older Populations Through Generativity

Further study details as provided by National Institute on Aging (NIA):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Decreased falls
  • decreased rate of decline in memory
  • increased, preserved or slowed decline in strength, balance, walking speed, frailty, timed "get up and go", cortical plasticity and executive function and speed and accuracy in objective IADL task performance

Estimated Enrollment: 1046
Study Start Date: March 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date: March 2011
Detailed Description:

The Baltimore Experience Corps Study is a randomized, controlled, community-based trial of the effectiveness of Experience Corps (EC) to determine if participation for adults 60 years and older, over two years of follow-up, results in better outcomes in the EC versus control arm in terms of mobility, strength, balance, and cognitive functioning.

The Experience Corps is a community-based model for health promotion for older adults embedded within a social engagement program. The program places older adult volunteers in meaningful roles in public elementary schools, bringing the time, experience, and wisdom of older adults to bear in improving academic and behavioral outcomes of children. The Experience Corps incorporates health promotion preventing disability and dependency associated with aging, into new, generative roles for older adults.

This program was initially designed by the Principal Investigator of this application, along with Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures, Inc. It has gone through two national demonstrations, neither of which evaluated the impact on older adults.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   60 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 60 years or older
  • Agree to commit to at least 1 year of participation in the EC and to participate at least 15 hours per week for the full school year, if randomized to the intervention group
  • Meet minimum criteria for cognitive functioning necessary to function successfully in a school setting
  • Functionally literate, using a nationally recognized and standardized evaluation which provides grade level equivalency in reading and spelling
  • Ability to travel to the schools, if randomized to the intervention group
  • Agree to accept randomization and to participate in evaluations
  • Clearance on the Baltimore city public school's criminal background check, if randomized to intervention group
  • Complete training, if randomized to intervention group

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Under 60 years of age
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00380562

Contacts
Contact: Gene Graves 410-807-1785 cgraves1@jhmi.edu
Contact: Carol Ray 410-818-8348 cray9@jhmi.edu

Locations
United States, Maryland
Center on Aging and Health Recruiting
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
Contact: Laprisha Berry-Vaughn, MSW, MPH     410-502-6630     lberry7@jhmi.edu    
Sub-Investigator: Jeremy Barron, MD            
Sub-Investigator: Michelle Carlson, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Constantine Frangakis, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Tara Gruenewald, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Barbara Martin, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Iveris Martinez, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: George Rebok, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Teresa Seeman, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Erwin Tan, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Elizabeth Tanner, PhD, RN            
Sub-Investigator: Keith Whitfield, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Qilu Yu, PhD            
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Retirement Research Foundation
Abell Foundation
Experience Corps National Office
France-Merrick Foundation
Goldseeker Foundation
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
Maryland Governor's Office of Service and Volunteerism
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Linda Fried, MD, MPH Johns Hopkins University
Study Director: Laprisha Berry-Vaughn Johns Hopkins University
  More Information

Publications:

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00380562     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: AG0069, PO1AG027735
Study First Received: September 25, 2006
Last Updated: January 29, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institute on Aging (NIA):
Quality of life
Cognitive Functioning
Activities of Daily Living
Disability prevention

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013