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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

September 25, 2006
January 29, 2009
March 2006
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Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
Same as current
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00380562 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
  • 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
  • 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
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The Baltimore Experience Corps Study
Experience Corps Trial: Improving Health of Older Populations Through Generativity

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.

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.
Interventional
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Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Aging
  • Generativity
Behavioral: Experience Corps
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
1046
March 2011
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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
Both
60 Years and older
Yes
Contact: Gene Graves 410-807-1785 cgraves1@jhmi.edu
Contact: Carol Ray 410-818-8348 cray9@jhmi.edu
United States
 
NCT00380562
AG0069, PO1AG027735
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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
Principal Investigator: Linda Fried, MD, MPH Johns Hopkins University
Study Director: Laprisha Berry-Vaughn Johns Hopkins University
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
January 2009

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