Digital care program for older adults with depressive symptoms in primary care
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- DepressionF00-F99 V
- Registration Number
- RBR-6c7ghfd
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Registered with one of the participating clinics or organisation; aged 60 or over; scores of PHQ-2 higher than 0 (first two questions of PHQ-9) and PHQ-9 between 5 and 9; able to receive live calls and WhatsApp messages (audio and images) on a mobile phone
Exclusion Criteria
Unable to communicate (non-Portuguese speaking, cognitively impaired or other problem hindering communication to engage in trial assessment and intervention such as vision or hearing problems, terminal illness or severe mental illness); individuals presenting suicidal risk during the two weeks prior to the screening assessment, as assessed by the 9th item of the PHQ-9 and Immediate Suicide Risk Protocol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in the means of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score assessed at three months after entering into the trial.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in the means of the PHQ-9 score will also be assessed at five months to assess the maintenance of any earlier clinical gains. Moreover, general quality of life using the 5-item EuroQol (EQ-5D-5L), ICECAP-O, generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) and three-item UCLA Loneliness scale (3-item UCLA) will be measured at three and five months.