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Healthy Lifetime: Nurse-Led Health Coaching for Aging Well

This study, called Healthy Lifetime, is testing a 6-month program of nurse-led health coaching. This program aims to help people aged 30 and older improve their ability to care for themselves and stay independent as they age. To join, you need to be able to read, speak English, hear, and have a computer or iPad with internet, a camera, and a microphone. Researchers will measure how your self-rated health, confidence in daily activities, and self-care skills change over 20 weeks. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 120 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with an unclear phase, planning to enroll 120 participants.
What's involved
You would participate in a 6-month program, including an initial 2-month intensive evaluation and personalized virtual individual health coaching. Your health scores will be measured at 0, 8, and 20 weeks after joining.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your progress will be followed for 20 weeks after you enroll in the study.

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NCT05920733

Healthy Lifetime - Phase 2

Recruiting
NAAges 30+Interventional
University of Michigan
~120 participants
Updated 2025-10-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Nurse-led health coaching

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Participant Self- rated health score
Measured over At 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.
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Conditions

Aging Well

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Michigan School of Nursing

    Ann Arbor, Michiganstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Kathleen Potempa, PhD · STUDY_DIRECTOR · University of Michigan

Who to contact

Margaret Calarco, PhD
[email protected]
734-647-3857
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Be able to read, speak English and hear - but may use glasses or hearing aids, if needed;
Be able to tell us their age, their date of birth, address, and phone number, as well as write down and explain their health problems;
Have their own computer or iPad (Tablet) with an Internet connection, a working camera and microphone. and
Be able to use their computer/tablet to connect to video chat sessions like Zoom in a private space in their home or a private room.

Exclusion

People who, in the last month, have used the Emergency Room (ER) or stayed in the hospital.
Are not verified users of Medicaid Home Help services \[we will check with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service to verify that you receive these services using your name, date of birth, and Medicaid identification number\];
Have a new major health problem that they are seeing a doctor about more than once per month;
Have been told their illness is not curable;
Cannot remember their name, date of birth or their health problems;
Cannot use glasses or a hearing aid to see or hear well enough to read materials on the computer or talk to the nurse easily; and,
Do not have, or cannot use, a computer, iPad or other device with the Internet at home to use Zoom (e.g., internet streaming).

What this trial measures

  • Change in Participant Self- rated health scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Participants perception of their health on a scale of 1= Excellent to 5 = Poor

  • Change in Self-efficacy in ability to continue essential life activities scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Confidence of the participant in doing certain activities on a scale of 1= Not at all confident to 10 = Totally Confident. For the purposes of answering these questions, confidence is defined as the belief in the participant's chances of being able to do and/or complete an activity (e.g., hobbies and recreation, social visits, chores, errands, etc.) or task (e.g., hobbies and recreation, social visits, chores, errands, etc.) successfully however the participant defines it.

  • Change in Independent self-care agency scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Confidence in doing certain activities, e.g., stick to behavior changes, meet goals, and improve health, on a scale of 1= Not at all confident to 10 = Totally Confident

  • Change in Health Habits scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Activities that participants engage in that affect health in a negative or positive way, e.g., smoking (yes or no), alcohol (number of drinks per week), exercise (0 = none to 4= more than 3 hours/week), food choices (seldom or never to 2 or more times a day)

  • Change in Goal attainment scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Health goals (up to 3) of participants and importance of goal (1= Not at all important now to 10 = highest importance now) and confidence in achieving goal (1= Not confident at all to 10 = Completely Confident)

  • Change in Quality of Life scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Questions about how participant experiences their quality of life. Covers six areas and includes how satisfied they are with these areas, and how important they are to them. Uses a scale where "0" = "Do not agree at all" and "4" = "Agree completely"

  • Change in Lifestyle HabitsAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Questions about tobacco and alcohol use: Do participants use alcohol and/or tobacco, and, if so, how much

  • Change in Food ConsumptionAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Participants report how frequently they eat foods from different food groups, e.g., vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy, sugary, etc.

  • Change in Exercise and ActivitiesAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    DURING THE PAST 7 DAYS, even if it was not a typical week for participants, how much total time (for the entire week) did they spend on each of various exercises or activities, e.g., walking, swimming, bicycling, etc.

  • Change in Vigorous ActivityAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Number of days out of the past seven did participants do vigorous or moderate activities at work, as part of their house and yard work, to get from place to place, and in their spare time for recreation, exercise, or sport.

  • Change in Level of independence in household activities scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Ability to do daily living activities such as shopping, cooking, managing medications, etc. on a scale where 1 = Not at all Confident to 10 = Totally Confident

  • Change in Health ImpactAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Using a "1" to "10" scale where "1" = "Almost never" and "10" = "Almost totally", participant selects ONE number which best represents how much their health impacts their ability to do or participate in an activity AT THE PRESENT TIME.

  • Change in Confidence in ability to manage symptoms scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    How confident the is participant that they can keep health symptoms/problems from interfering with the things they want to do, e.g., fatigue, physical discomfort, emotional distress, etc. on a scale where 1 = Not at all Confident to 10 = Totally Confident

  • Change in Level of Symptomatology scoreAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Frequency with which participants experience symptoms such as physical discomfort, pain, fatigue, etc. on a scale where 0 = Never to 5 = Always

  • Change in Other SymptomsAt 0, 8 and 20 weeks after study enrollment.

    Questions ask how often a participant is bothered by psychological and emotional symptoms such as feeling nervous, worry, anxiety, sadness, etc. On a scale from 0 Not at All to 3 Nearly Every Day.