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EPARC Services Provided

• Resting metabolic rate (RMR) assessments for long-term weight control
• Assessments of body composition using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
• Indirect calorimetery to determine maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and ventilatory thresholds
• Development of training zones to optimize training and performance

San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center started in 1980 to give excellent quality medical care and help patients achieve optimum health and fitness.  Health is more than just the absence of disease.  The goal of SDSM is to not only treat diseases and manage injuries, but to also educate patients on how to realize their true potential.  SDSM offers a wide variety of services, as well as board certified, award winning physicians to accomplish this goal.  Among the programs offered are Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Acupuncture, Pain Management, Preventive Medicine, Aquatic Therapy, and Sports Event Coverage.

Please contact (619) 229-3909 or visit the SDSM website for more information.

EPARC Services Provided

• Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) analysis of bone quality and health
• Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) analysis of body composition

Principal Investigator: Sora Park Tanjasiri, Ph.D., Director, Center for Cancer Disparities Research, Director, Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (WINCART), Associate Professor, California State University, Fullerton, Department of Health Science

This two-year exploratory study sought to understand the obesity-related influences for Pacific Islander youth in Southern California.  Using a community-based participatory research approach involving four community-based agencies and three universities, the goals of this project were to: (1) test the feasibility of quantitative and qualitative data collection activities among Marashallese, Samoan and Tongan adolescents; (2) estimate the point prevalence of obesity and physical activity, with a sub-goal to explore the distribution of dietary intake in these groups; and (3) explore the predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors influencing physical activity in this group.

EPARC Services Provided

Principal Investigator: Sheri Thompson, Ph.D., Santech Health, Inc.

Project Coordinator: Khalisa Bolling, MPH, Santech Health, Inc.

PACE for Moms is a randomized controlled trial designed to decrease the BMI in 156 mild to moderately overweight postpartum women (ages 18-45), who are at least 6 weeks post-delivery, by the end of a 16-week online intervention.  Weight loss is promoted by disseminating physical activity and nutrition information tailored to postpartum women, with weekly goals, weekly evaluations, and related education materials, via a dedicated website designed for this intervention.

EPARC Services Provided
–    Initial consultation on subjective and objective physical activity measurements
–    Management of psychosocial, behavioral, and physiological data collection
–    Accelerometer equipment rental
–    Cleaning, analysis, and interpretation of entire dataset

Principal Investigator: Sheri Thompson, Ph.D., Santech Health, Inc.

Project Coordinator: Amy Gammelgard, MPH, Santech Health, Inc.

This Small Business Innovation Research grant project, funded by the NCI, developed a prototype of a portable energy balance assessment and intervention tool supported through data capture and feedback in real time. It is being built around a cell phone client and a web-based server architecture. Software was designed to be adaptable to the specific needs of two groups of researchers: 1) those engaged in individual-level cognitive and behavioral intervention research; and 2) researchers involved in active living and food environment research.

Santech is currently initiating usability, acceptability, reliability, and validity testing of the tool, as well as ongoing expansion of eBalance features and devices. In its final form, the tool will support self-report and objective measurement of individual-level energy balance data (e.g., physical activity, heart rate, sedentary behavior, dietary intake, and psychosocial data). It will also support the capture and use of environment-based data, in this case global positioning system (GPS) data that can be matched to geographical information system (GIS) data for purposes of environmental tracking and prompting. Subsequent versions of this system are envisioned to be capable of collecting environmental data through such technologies as bar codes, RFID, or other technologies. Once its utility has been adequately empirically demonstrated, the e/Balance tool will be available to researchers on a licensing basis, with Santech offering optional tailoring to the researcher’s specific needs. In the meantime, inquiries from energy balance researchers or consumers interested in pilot testing the tool are welcomed.

EPARC Services Provided
–    Initial consultation on subjective and objective physical activity measurement
–    Management of psychosocial, behavioral, and physiological data collection
–    Application of NDS protocols
–    Cleaning, analysis and interpretation of entire dataset

Principal Investigator:  Kerri Boutelle , Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego

The Guided Self-Help study uses a self-help manual coupled with personal “in-clinic” visits to guide overweight children and their parents.

• See the UCSD News Release 
• For more information about the study, please email:  kidsweight@ucsd.edu  or call 858.208.8219

EPARC Services Provided

VA San Diego Healthcare System & UCSD Department of Psychiatry

Principal Investigator:  Laurie Lindamer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, VAMC, University of California, San Diego
This study aims to adapt a cognitive/behaviorally-based, 24-week, lifestyle physical activity intervention, Physically Ready for Invigorating Movement Everyday (PRIME), for 86 sedentary adults with schizophrenia (aged 18-64 years), living in board and care facilities.  The primary outcome will be the effect of the intervention on physical activity at 2, 6 and 8 months.  Secondary outcomes will assess intervention effects on quality of life, body mass index, and blood pressure.  Exploratory analysis will be conducted to begin to identify mediators and moderators of increased physical activity.

EPARC Services Provided
–    Initial consultation on appropriate physical activity measures
–    Management of data collection performed by EPARC staff
–    Accelerometer equipment rental

VA San Diego Healthcare System & UCSD Department of Psychiatry

Principal Investigator:  Julie Wetherell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor In Residence, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, VA San Diego Healthcare System

The current proposal incorporates multidimensional outcome measures identified by the VHA National Pain Management Strategy in assessing the effects of a promising new chronic pain intervention on veterans with chronic pain.  The overarching objective is to asses the effects of the acceptance-based therapy model on the primary outcome of pain interference and secondary outcomes of quality of life, physical activity, emotional distress, pain intensity, and treatment satisfaction among 94 veterans with chronic benign pain as a secondary condition.  The primary aim of this study is to gain supporting evidence for more widespread adoption of this model across VA rehabilitation centers.

EPARC Services Provided
–    Consultation on objective physical activity monitoring, design of daily physical activity logs, and data collection
–    Management of data collection performed by EPARC staff
–    Accelerometer equipment rental
–    Management of database for pilot and main projects
–    Data cleaning and interpretation

VA San Diego Healthcare System & UCSD Department of Psychiatry

Principal Investigator:  Julie Wetherell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor In Residence, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, VA San Diego Healthcare System

Description:

This is a single-blind, 8-week, randomized clinical trial comparing in-person acceptance-based individual treatment to telehealth acceptance-based individual treatment for chronic pain.

Requirements of participants:

1.      Must have suffered from chronic pain for at least 6 months
   b.      Be able to read, write, and speak English, complete 4 assessments, and attend 8 weekly individual treatment sessions

Benefits to subjects, compensations, etc:

1.      Eight weekly individual behavioral treatment sessions of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for chronic pain at no cost
   b.      A possible total of $150 compensation

All treatments for pain, mood, and sleep must be stable for at least one month (e.g., adding a pain med, changing dose, starting acupuncture, discontinuing physical therapy or antidepressant, etc.) prior to screening assessment

Please direct any study specific questions to Brittany Trischler at 858-552-8585 x2904 or  btrischler@ucsd.edu

EPARC Services Provided
–    Consultation on objective physical activity monitoring, design of daily physical activity logs, and data collection
–    Management of data collection
–    Accelerometer equipment rental
–    Management of database for pilot and main project
–    Data cleaning and interpretation

VA San Diego Healthcare System & UCSD Department of Psychiatry

Principal Investigator: Amy Jak, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, VA, University of California, San Diego

This study seeks to investigate the relationship between active lifestyles, genotypic risk, brain structure and cognitive function in normally aging older adults.  The results of this study will advance our knowledge about possible environmental effects that serve a protective function against expression of dementia and whether this protective effect is manifested in humans in preservation of temporal lobe integrity.  Additionally, results will provide novel information about possible additive effects of genetic risk for dementia on brain structure and function, and the potential for activity levels to modify this risk.

EPARC Services Provided
–    Initial consultation on objective physical activity measures

VA San Diego Healthcare System & UCSD Department of Psychiatry

Principal Investigator: Eric Granholm, PhD

Project Coordinator: Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD

The study is designed to integrate advanced communications technologies in the ongoing care of older patients with chronic mental illness. The overall goal is to provide an instrument that helps increase treatment compliance and participation, while reducing hospitalization and provider burden. Collaborating with San Diego County Assertive Community Treatment Teams, we have constructed a cellular phone text messaging assessment and intervention strategy that assists in the ongoing monitoring of patient mood and functional symptoms in addition to offering brief interactive cognitive-behavioral interventions for auditory hallucinations and medication compliance. Patients are provided with cellular phones and are asked to respond to text message prompts multiple times a day for 3 months. The messages ask patients to rate their current state on multiple dimensions. Based on their response, the systems server sends a series of short cognitive-behavioral interventions and “health tips” tailored to help reduce symptom distress and improve functioning. The system also allows for an “emergency option” in which patients that report high levels of distress are provided with contact information and behavioral instructions for how to seek assistance.

EPARC Services Provided
–    Initial consultation on Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI)
–    Cell phone programming
–    Participant database creation and participant tracking