The mental health impact of computer and internet training on a mainly non-white, depressed sample of non-institutionalized older adults

Recruiting

• Conditions: Reducing psychological distress as well as improving computer beliefs and self-esteem; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN27927877
• Lead Sponsor: California State University (USA)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

Ethnically diverse older adults meeting the following criteria:
1. Being at least 50 years-old
2. Being fluent in English if this is their second language (in order to minimise confounding our findings with levels of acculturation).
3. Being willing and able to attend all six sessions of our one-on-one training (even if our control/waitlist participants will first receive six weekly visits, not the training).
4. Staying in the area for the next two months
5. Being able to access a computer at their home (a common occurrence in most homes)

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who:
1. Reside in an institutional setting
2. Are unable to grant informed consent (i.e. are not fluent in English enough to fully comprehend the content of the consent form)
3. Have more than ?minor? computer technology experience (operationalized as having turned a computer on and off, or having viewed other people utilize computer technology to write documents or use the internet). As a result of implementing these three criteria, all our participants will be computer and internet illiterate (i.e. non-users of the technology taught in our training).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified