Strength and Pain-Coping Through Resilience and Knowledge
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 50 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-report pain \>3 out of a 0 -10 scale that has lasted longer than 3 months and keeps subjects from doing at least one activity that subjects would like to do * Live in the community * Live in Central Maryland * Score a 5 or higher on the PHQ-9 (depression measure) at least two times during a two week period (screening call and then at first data collection visit) * Must be pre-frail (one or two criteria on frailty phenotype) or frail (three or more of the criteria on frailty phenotype) * One ADL or IADL limitation Exclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized \> 3 times in the last year * Participating in physical therapy * Have a terminal diagnosis (\<1 year expected survival) * \> moderate intellectual impairment (5-7 errors) based on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) * Unable to speak or understand English
About the study
Older adults who are 50 years of age and older with depressive symptoms, pain and difficulty with mobility will participate in the SPARK intervention study that includes 8 nurse visits in participants' homes to help participants with participants' pain and mood.
What is being tested
- SPARK (behavioral)
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Participants: 100 · Started: Jun 1, 2026
Contact the study team
- Janiece Taylor, PhD · Phone: 443-287-4503
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07228520
Locations in the U.S.
| Maryland | Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.