Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Psychological Distress
• Interventions: Behavioral: Financial education videos; Other: Microgrant; Behavioral: Peer mentoring

• Registration Number: NCT05971160
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to test the ability of small grants and/or peer support to improve mental health among transgender people experiencing material hardship. The main questions the study will answer are:

1. Do microgrants with or without peer mentoring improve mental health?

2. Do microgrants with or without peer mentoring improve mental health by reducing material hardship and/or increasing a sense of community connection?

Researchers will compare mental health outcomes among three groups of participants:

A. Participants who receive one small grant and monthly financial education videos B. Participants who receive a small grant every month and monthly financial education videos for a total of 6 months.

C. Participants who receive a small grant every month, peer mentoring support, and monthly financial education videos for a total of 6 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-24
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-02
• Study Start: 2023-12-12
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2026-03-31
• Study Completion: 2026-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

• age 18 years or older
• gender identity different from sex assigned on original birth certificate
• access to a mobile phone or email
• score > 0 on the material hardship index

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to provide informed consent in English

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual Care	Microgrant	Monthly financial education videos and one-time microgrant
Usual Care	Financial education videos	Monthly financial education videos and one-time microgrant
Monthly microgrants	Financial education videos	Monthly financial education videos and monthly microgrants
Monthly microgrants	Microgrant	Monthly financial education videos and monthly microgrants
Monthly microgrants plus peer mentoring	Peer mentoring	Monthly financial education videos, monthly microgrants, and peer mentoring support
Monthly microgrants plus peer mentoring	Financial education videos	Monthly financial education videos, monthly microgrants, and peer mentoring support
Monthly microgrants plus peer mentoring	Microgrant	Monthly financial education videos, monthly microgrants, and peer mentoring support

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in psychological distress, as measured by Kessler 6	Baseline, 6 months, 12 months	Kessler 6 is a 6-item scale with each item scored from 0-4 for a total score range from 0-24, with higher scores indicating greater psychological distress.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in substance use, as measured by the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)	Baseline, 6 months, 12 months	DAST-10 is a 10-item scale with with one one point for each "yes" response for a total score range from 0-10, with higher scores indicating more problematic substance use

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University (online recruitment); 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States