Communitas: A Program for Teens Living With Chronic Illness and Their Families
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - 20 |
| Updated: | 3/6/2019 |
| Start Date: | October 2016 |
| End Date: | June 30, 2020 |
| Contact: | Brittany Blockman, MD |
| Email: | brittany.blockman@ucsf.edu |
| Phone: | 9176879759 |
Effectiveness of a Mind-Body and Peer Support Program for Teens Living With Chronic Illness and Their Parents: A Pilot Study
The proposed pilot study is an evaluation of Communitas, a mind-body skills group visit and
for 12-19 year-olds living with chronic physical illness. The goal of this study is to assess
the efficacy and feasibility of these group visits. During 2017-2018, the investigators will
recruit 50-100 patient and 50-100 parent enrollees of Communitas to participate in this
study. The study will be a pre-post evaluation, without a control group, using validated
patient-report assessments at baseline, after completion of the group visits, and 3 months
later. The primary outcome variables will be physical and mental wellbeing, stress, mood,
resilience, mindfulness, and social support. Paired t tests will be used to assess changes
from baseline to immediately post-intervention & 3 months post-intervention. The
investigators will also calculate Cohen's d effect sizes, to help them understand the degree
to which an effect is present in the population.
for 12-19 year-olds living with chronic physical illness. The goal of this study is to assess
the efficacy and feasibility of these group visits. During 2017-2018, the investigators will
recruit 50-100 patient and 50-100 parent enrollees of Communitas to participate in this
study. The study will be a pre-post evaluation, without a control group, using validated
patient-report assessments at baseline, after completion of the group visits, and 3 months
later. The primary outcome variables will be physical and mental wellbeing, stress, mood,
resilience, mindfulness, and social support. Paired t tests will be used to assess changes
from baseline to immediately post-intervention & 3 months post-intervention. The
investigators will also calculate Cohen's d effect sizes, to help them understand the degree
to which an effect is present in the population.
The Communitas pilot study is a survey study of Communitas, a pre-existing integrative
medicine and mind-body skills group visit for adolescents living with chronic illness and
their parents. The goal of this study is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and feasibility
for these group visits. Approximately 50-100 patients and 50-100 parent enrollees of the
Communitas group visits will be recruited to participate in this survey study optionally.
During the group visits, both the patient and parent groups will learn about and experience
various coping, self-care, pain and stress-reduction modalities, participate in group sharing
to promote engagement with a diagnosis and provide emotional support, and benefit from
facilitated discussions about some of the more practical aspects of living with chronic
illness. The group visits will be offered to patients and their parents as clinical service,
regardless of enrollment in the survey study, and will be billed to insurance as consult
group visit with the pediatrician. The group visits will be held at both the Osher Center for
Integrative Medicine and Mission Bay Children's Hospital and will be led by a pediatrician,
starting in October 2016. The study will be set up as a pre-post evaluation, without a
control group, using patient-report and parent-report qualitative and quantitative
assessments at baseline, after completion of the series of group visits, and 3 months later.
In addition, some families may be asked if they would like to participate in a videotaped
interview before and after the start of the program.
medicine and mind-body skills group visit for adolescents living with chronic illness and
their parents. The goal of this study is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and feasibility
for these group visits. Approximately 50-100 patients and 50-100 parent enrollees of the
Communitas group visits will be recruited to participate in this survey study optionally.
During the group visits, both the patient and parent groups will learn about and experience
various coping, self-care, pain and stress-reduction modalities, participate in group sharing
to promote engagement with a diagnosis and provide emotional support, and benefit from
facilitated discussions about some of the more practical aspects of living with chronic
illness. The group visits will be offered to patients and their parents as clinical service,
regardless of enrollment in the survey study, and will be billed to insurance as consult
group visit with the pediatrician. The group visits will be held at both the Osher Center for
Integrative Medicine and Mission Bay Children's Hospital and will be led by a pediatrician,
starting in October 2016. The study will be set up as a pre-post evaluation, without a
control group, using patient-report and parent-report qualitative and quantitative
assessments at baseline, after completion of the series of group visits, and 3 months later.
In addition, some families may be asked if they would like to participate in a videotaped
interview before and after the start of the program.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Enrolled in the Communitas group visit at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative
Medicine or Mission Bay Children's Hospital.
- Patients enrolled in these group visits are males and females 12-20 years of age and
living with a chronic illness.
Exclusion Criteria:
- People who are not enrolled in the Communitas group visit at the UCSF Osher Center for
Integrative Medicine or Mission Bay Children's Hospital will be excluded from this
survey study.
- The Communitas group consists of a patient group of young people ages 12-20 living
with chronic illness, as well as a parent group.
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