Peer-Facilitated Travel Training for Serious Mental Illness
This study is testing if training programs can help adults with serious mental illness (SMI) use public transportation and bike-sharing more effectively. You might be eligible if you are between 18 and 65, have an SMI, can ride a bike, and are interested in learning to use public transportation and bike-sharing. The study aims to see if these trainings, led by community peer specialists, can increase your confidence in traveling, improve your travel skills, and help you participate more in community activities. We are looking to enroll 180 participants.
- Study design
- This study is a two-armed, waitlist controlled trial, meaning some participants will receive training immediately, while others will wait. It plans to enroll 180 individuals.
- What's involved
- You will participate in an 8-week training program for either bike-sharing or public transportation. You will also complete interviews at baseline, 2 months, and 4 months, and short phone surveys about your travel behaviors.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 4 months after the baseline interview to assess community participation, sedentary behaviors, and transportation appraisal.
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Peer Facilitated Waitlist Controlled Transportation Study
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What this trial measures
- Temple University Community Participation MeasureAsked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews.
Measures engagement in 29 participation areas, if those areas are important to them, how often they did them and if it was enough, not enough, or too much. Higher reported frequency across a greater number of areas indicates higher rates of participation. Higher number of activities reported as being important and done enough indicate greater sufficiency of participation.
- LASA Sedentary Behaviors QuestionnaireAsked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews.
This survey measures the time spent doing various activities that are usually completed while sitting down. For a 24-hour period on both weekdays and weekends, the reporting asks "How much time do you spend (from when you wake up until you go to bed) doing the following?" For this research, it will be used to measure changes in sedentary behaviors over time.
- Transportation Appraisal ScaleAsked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews.
This measure assesses participants' ability to use public transportation and travel around their community. Items are asked on a 4-point scale, asking how much help is needed with various travel tasks, including reading schedules to plan a trip and knowing how to pay for transportation. For this research, it will be used to measure changes in transportation self-efficacy over time.
- Indego Skills SurveyAsked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews.
This is an open-ended questionnaire to assess participants' skills with navigating the Indeo bike-sharing program in Philadelphia. Researchers give points to participants' responses on questions pertaining to the access, payment, and return of the bikes. For this research, it will be used to measure Indego skills at the time of the interview.
- SEPTA Skills SurveyAsked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews.
Similar to the Indego Skills Survey, this is an open-ended questionnaire to assess participants' skills with navigating Philadelphia's public transit system, SEPTA. Researchers give points to participants' responses on questions pertaining to the access, payment, and choosing the correct bus or subway stop. For this research, it will be used to measure SEPTA skills at the time of the interview
- University of California, San Diego Performance-Based Skills Assessment (UPSA- Modified)Asked at baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-ups interviews.
This role-play measurement was designed for individuals with mental health challenges to assess participant's real-word abilities. The Transportation subscale uses a pitcutre of a bus schedule and asks the participant to correctly identify the departure, destination, and costs of rides. For this research, it will be used to measure SEPTA and bikeshare planning skills.
- National Household Travel SurveyAdministered daily for 7 days after baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up interviews.
This is a daily, self-report measure that captures the amount and types of trips a participant takes in one day. The log will be administered over the phone by a research assistant, asking how many trips were taken, the type of trip (medical appointment, work, social outing, etc), the mode of transportation (personal vehicle, public transit, bike, walk, etc) and the general location of the trip.
- GPSGPS data collection will last for 14 days after initial baseline interviews and another 14 days after completion of the 8-week intervention.
A subsample of participants will carry a cellphone that will track their movements in the community using a GPS app. Outcome measures include: 1) number of unique destination, 2) total number of destinations, and 3) total distance traveled. A subsample of participants will carry a cellphone that will track their movements in the community using a GPS app. Outcome measures include: 1) number of unique destination, 2) total number of destinations, and 3) total distance traveled. A subsample of participants will carry a cellphone that will track their movements in the community using a GPS app. Outcome measures include: 1) number of unique destination, 2) total number of destinations, and 3) total distance traveled. A subsample of participants will carry a cellphone that will track their movements in the community using a GPS app. Outcome measures include: 1) number of unique destination, 2) total number of destinations, and 3) total distance traveled.