Status:
COMPLETED
EM/PROTECT: Improving Depression in Elder Mistreatment Victims
Lead Sponsor:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Collaborating Sponsors:
New York City Department for the Aging
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Depression
Eligibility:
All Genders
55-100 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators developed EM/PROTECT, a behavioral intervention for depressed EM (elderly mistreatment) victims, to work in synergy with EM mistreatment resolution services that provide safety plann...
Detailed Description
One in ten older adults is a victim of mistreatment, and one third of victims have clinically significant depressive symptoms. Depression increases mortality and decreases motivation to take self-prot...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 55 years of age or older
- Capacity to consent (per EM staff)
- Significant depression (per EM staff) as indicated by a score of 10 or above on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a widely used screening tool routinely administered in EM agency settings (the PHQ-9 has a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 88% for major depression)
- Need for EM services
Exclusion
- Active suicidal ideation (MADRS item 10\>4)
- Inability to speak English
- Axis 1 DSM-5 diagnoses other than unipolar depression or generalized anxiety disorder (by SCID)
- Mini-Mental Exam score of 23 or less 5
- Severe or life-threatening medical illness
- EM emergency and or referral out of EM agency (per EM staff)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03241225
Start Date
January 1 2018
End Date
June 30 2020
Last Update
March 3 2022
Active Locations (2)
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1
Elderly Crime Victim Resource Center of the New York City Department for the Aging
New York, New York, United States, 10007
2
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10065