Our Peers - Empowerment and Navigational Support - Community Living (OP-ENS - CL)
Susan Magasi
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a remote peer navigator intervention (OP-ENS - CL) for people with newly acquired physical disabilities returning to community living after rehabilitation improves self-reported social support, health, and community participation. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do people with acquired physical disabilities who receive the remote peer navigator intervention experience greater social support and self-efficacy than people in the control group? Do people with acquired physical disabilities who receive the remote peer navigator intervention have better self-reported health and social participation outcomes than people in the control group? Is the OP-ENS - CL intervention acceptable to people with newly acquired physical disabilities returning to community living?
Description
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and social validity of the OP-ENS - CL (Our Peers - Empowerment and Navigational Support - Community Living) a remote 12-month peer navigator intervention using a clinical trial design in a sample of adults with newly acquired with physical disabilities transitioning to community living. Participants will be recruited through community and clinical networks and screened for eligibility. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or usual care groups. Participants in the intervention group will be matched with a train…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1) Self-identify as a person with physical disability due to a neurological condition, including SCI, stroke, TBI, multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson's disease (according to the American Community Survey 6-Items), 2) onset of disability within the last 6 months, 3) transitioned to community living in the past 4 months, 4) able to speak, read and understand English, 5) own or have regular access to either a smartphone (Android or iOS operating system), tablet, laptop, or desktop computer with internet access. 6) adults 18 years of age or older, 7) able to provide informed cons…
Interventions
- BehavioralOur Peers - Empowerment and Navigational Support - Community Living (OP-ENS - CL)
Op-ENS - CL is a 12-month, remote delivered peer navigator intervention. Participants will meet with a trained peer navigator who mentors nad supports them through a manualized process of collaborative conversations, barrier identification, asset mapping, goal setting, and action planning along with on-going social support and information sharing.
Location
- University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Occupational TherapyChicago, Illinois