Peer Facilitated Waitlist Controlled Transportation Study

Part of paid clinical trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sponsor
Temple University
Study ID
NCT06370767
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Serious Mental Illness

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 65 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Bike-Share Travel Training — BEHAVIORAL
    Half of the participants not assigned to the waitlist will begin the bike-share intervention arm immediately after the baseline research interview. The bike-share arm will last for 8 weeks and be delivered by a community peer specialist. Half of the participants assigned to the waitlist will begin the bike-share intervention arm after an 8-week waiting period.
  • Public Transportation Travel Training — BEHAVIORAL
    Half of the participants not assigned to the waitlist or bike-share arm will begin the public transportation intervention arm immediately after the baseline research interview. The public transportation arm will last for 8 weeks and be delivered by a community peer specialist. Half of the participants assigned to the waitlist will begin the public transportation intervention arm after an 8-week waiting period.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a peer-facilitated travel intervention in adults with serious mental illnesses. This project aims to address the following hypotheses: 1. Individuals with SMI receiving either of the two peer-mediated travel training transportation interventions will experience an increase in transportation self-efficacy and transportation skills. 2. Participants in the intervention arms will increase their transport utilization, participate in significantly more activities in the community, and make significantly more trips in the community. 3. Individuals with SMI receiving peer-mediated travel training interventions will retain post-test levels of community participation and self-efficacy 2 months after intervention. Participants will be assigned to an 8-week travel-training intervention either using a bike-share program or public transportation. All participants will complete three data-collection research interviews.

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 12, 2024
Status verified
Oct 2024
Primary completion
May 31, 2025
Completion
May 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
180 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Experimental: Bike-Share
    Participants in this arm will participate in an 8-week bikeshare training program, using Indego, the bike sharing service in Philadelphia. The first sessions will be aimed at increasing knowledge of the bike share program and the procedures for utilizing it successfully. Then participants will meet with a peer support specialist, who will help facilitate individualized route planning and independent ride support. Peer support specialists will use motivational interviewing during these individual sessions in order to help participants identify personally meaningful motivations for participation and to enhance their sense of self-efficacy.
  • Experimental: Public Transportation
    An established travel-training program developed for individuals with disabilities, including those with SMI, serves as the curriculum for the public transportation intervention arm. Participants will use SEPTA, the public transportation provider in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. We will offer an 8-week intervention which will include instruction on foundational skills needed to travel on public transportation and 1-on-1 direct training in using public transportation. Participants will meet twice weekly for direct instruction and role-playing sessions to cover the core components and the latter weeks of intervention will be focused on individual travel training instruction provided by the peer support interventionists, with participants and peer support interventionists meeting for two travel trips each week.
  • No Intervention: Waitlist Control
    Half of the participants in either arm (bike-share or public transportation) will be randomly assigned to either begin the intervention immediately, or be placed on a waitlist, serving as a control arm. The waitlist will be 8 weeks long, the same timeline as the intervention. After the eighth week, participants assigned to the waitlist will then begin the intervention for the next 8 weeks. Participants assigned to starting the intervention immediately will then be placed on the waitlist for the second-8 weeks of the total study enrollment.

Primary Outcome Measure

Temple University Community Participation Measure [ Time Frame: Asked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Pathways To Housing PAPhiladelphiaPennsylvania19141-

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