Digital psychosocial intervention for older adults with depressio
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- DepressionF00-F99 V
- Registration Number
- RBR-4c94dtn
- 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 organisations; aged 60 or over; scores of PHQ-2=1 (first two questions of PHQ-9) and PHQ-9=10; 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 The proportion of participants recovered (PHQ-9<10) from depression, assessed with the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at three months after inclusion in the trial.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The proportion recovered at five months (PHQ-9<10) will assess the maintenance of any earlier clinical gains. The continuous score of the PHQ-9 will also be considered at three and five months. The following additional secondary measures will be completed at three and five months: general quality of life using the 5-item EuroQol (EQ-5D-5L), ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people (ICECAP-O), generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) and three-item UCLA Loneliness scale (3-item UCLA).