Effectiveness of a Disability Preventive Intervention for Minority and Immigrant Elders: The Positive Minds-Strong Bodies Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the acceptability and effectiveness of a disability prevention intervention, Positive Minds-Strong Bodies (PMSB), offered by paraprofessionals to mostly immigrant elders in four languages.

Design

Randomized trial of 307 participants, equally randomized into intervention or enhanced usual care.

Setting

Community-based organizations in Massachusetts, New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico serving minority elders. Data collected at baseline, 2, 6, and 12 months, between May 2015 and March 2019.

Participants

English-, Spanish-, Mandarin-, or Cantonese-speaking adults, age 60+, not seeking disability prevention services, but eligible per elevated mood symptoms and minor to moderate physical dysfunction.

Interventions

Ten individual sessions of c

SUBMITTER: Alegria M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842701 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature