Status:
COMPLETED
Reaching and Engaging Depressed Senior Center Clients
Lead Sponsor:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Depression in Old Age
Eligibility:
All Genders
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of one type of therapy session, Virtual Augmented Engage (Engage-A). The research is being done because the researchers are trying to learn if thes...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥ 55 years' old
- PHQ-9 Score of ≥ 10
- English or Spanish speaking
- MOCA ≥ 24 or mini-telephone MOCA ≥ 11
- Member of/attends one of the REDS Senior Centers
- Capacity to provide written consent for both research assessment and the Engage-A intervention.
Exclusion
- Current active suicidal ideation defined by MADRS Suicide Item ≥ 4 (probably better off dead. Suicidal thoughts are common, and suicide is considered as a possible solution, but without specific plans or intention).
- Presence of psychiatric diagnoses other than unipolar, non-psychotic major depression or generalized anxiety disorder by SCID-IV.
- Severe or life-threatening medical illness (e.g., end stage organ failure).
- Currently seeing an individual psychotherapist \*(if individuals are willing to go on a hiatus from their individual psychotherapist for the 15 weeks of the study, and meet all inclusion criteria, they will be considered eligible).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 3 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
26 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04289298
Start Date
September 3 2020
End Date
August 31 2022
Last Update
August 23 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Weill Cornell Medicine
White Plains, New York, United States, 10605