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DAPPER focused on pain and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older African American women who were pre-frail or frail, while Women in PRIME addressed similar symptoms among middle-aged and older women of all races living with physical disabilities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ten DAPPER and eight Women in PRIME participants were interviewed post-intervention completion. Qualitative data for both studies was analyzed using a deductive qualitative content analysis approach. Quantitative data included descriptive statistics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Seven changes were made from the DAPPER Study to the Women in PRIME Study. These changes included 1) Re-naming the intervention; 2) Adding retention practices; 3) Expanding to include women of all races; 4) Switching criterion of (pre)frailty to physical disability; 5) Adding group Acceptance &amp;amp; Commitment Therapy (ACT) sessions; 6) Reducing individual nurse visits from 8 to 5 visits; and 7) Switching from saliva to sweat patch for biomarker measurement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The changes made from DAPPER to Women in PRIME resulted in greater retention, participation in the intervention, and participation in the data collection timepoints. 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