The Oh Happy Day Class - Digital Connections (OHDC-DC): an Exploratory Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 8
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if a mobile phone app can deliver depression treatment to African Americans who are depressed. The main question it aims to answer is if this treatment is effective in reducing symptoms of depression.
Participants will attend six 90-minute weekly classes via an app on their phone, and will be asked to complete surveys every week. Participants can expect to be in the study for four months.
详细描述
The Oh Happy Day Class-Digital Connections (OHDC-DC) is designed for African American adults experiencing clinical depression (CD). OHDC originally comprised of 13 treatment modules focused on culturally relevant strategies to increase knowledge of depression and healthy coping behaviors aimed at reducing symptoms of clinical depression and improving health outcomes.
The Oh Happy Day Class-Digital Connections (OHDC-DC) comprise of 5 core elements of the OHDC-DC:
- 90-minute-weekly cognitive behavioral psycho-education classes over a 6-week period.
- Six classes will be offered and facilitated online in the computerized OHDC-DC.
- Participants will be encouraged to stay engaged between classes by digitally connecting on the app with the class content. On the app they will receive reminders and messages from staff and participants to stay digitally connected and engaged.
- Embedded in the classes and content is psychoeducation with an emphasis on educating participants about depression, raising awareness of mental illness with the goal of normalizing it and reducing stigma, and increasing healthy coping behaviors, and.
- The intervention will be delivered by a licensed mental health clinician.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •African-American
- •Age 18 and older
- •Experiencing depression (as evidenced by a score of 5 or higher on the PHQ-9)
- •Own a mobile phone
排除标准
- •Individuals who are currently receiving psychotherapy
- •Individuals who are presently experiencing suicidal ideation
- •Individuals who started psychotropic medication less than three months prior to the start of the OHDC will be excluded from the study
- •Participants scoring 25 or higher on the PHQ-9 will be screened out
研究组 & 干预措施
Oh Happy Day Class-Digital Connections (OHDC-DC)
干预措施: OHDC-DC (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)
时间窗: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
Using the 16-item QIDS, participants will rate how much they have been bothered by symptoms on a scale of 0-3 with a possible range of 0 to 27. Higher scores indicate greater degree of depression.
Change in Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale score
时间窗: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
Using the 8 item Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8), participants will rate how much they have been bothered by symptoms on a scale of 0-3 with a possible range of 0 to 24. Higher scores indicate greater degree of depression.
Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) score
时间窗: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
Using the GAD-7 score, participants will rate how much they have been bothered by symptoms on a scale of 0-3 with a possible range of 0 to 24. Higher scores indicate greater degree of anxiety.
Satisfaction with intervention
时间窗: 12 weeks
Participants will rate their satisfaction with the intervention by answering a 9-item questionnaire with a scale of 1-7 (1= none of the time, 7= all of the time). Higher scores indicate greater satisfaction with the intervention.
次要结局
未报告次要终点