Peers plus: PEERS Plus mHealth Enhanced Peer Support

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05611996

Collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (NIH)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

32.5

Anticipated Duration (Months)

0.6

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The goal of this intervention study is to design and learn whether peer support that is delivered through video chats and texting can decrease depression among older adults. Participants will be assigned to a peer support program where they will receive 8 video chats with a peer mentor who provide social support and supportive texts over 8 weeks.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Depression in Old Age	Behavioral: Peers plus	N/A

Detailed Description

PEERS plus is a psychosocial intervention being developed to reduce depression among older adults. In this intervention peer mentors who are also 50 years of age and older and who have experiential knowledge of depression provide depression care. Older adults with depression will be recruited and assigned to the peer support program. This will consist of 8 weekly peer mentor - older adult video chats that provide emotional support and sharing of self-care skills for depression. Supportive texts will be sent on a weekly basis to older adults by peer mentors. These texts will provide encouragement, affirmations and information about mental health resources. Peer mentors are trained and supervised by a mental health professional during the 8 week period. We will assess at baseline, post study and 3 months after the intervention.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

20 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

A cohort of 20 older adults will be assigned to the Peer plus program for 8 weeks, without a comparison group.A cohort of 20 older adults will be assigned to the Peer plus program for 8 weeks, without a comparison group.

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Health Services Research

Official Title:

PEERS Plus - mHealth Enhanced Peer Support to Reduce Depression Among Low-income and Ethnic Minority Older Adults

Actual Study Start Date :

Oct 15, 2020

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Jun 30, 2023

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Jun 30, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: Peer support Peer mentors who have experienced depression provide social support through video chats and texting for 8 weeks.	Behavioral: Peers plus Peer support intervention in which peer mentors who have experiential knowledge of depression deliver social support through video chats and texting to older adults with depression.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: Peer support

Peer mentors who have experienced depression provide social support through video chats and texting for 8 weeks.

Behavioral: Peers plus

Peer support intervention in which peer mentors who have experiential knowledge of depression deliver social support through video chats and texting to older adults with depression.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Depression [8 weeks]
Measured with the PHQ9

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

50 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

50 years and older
PHQ-9 score > 5,
on the same antidepressant dose for at least 3 months
if receiving psychotherapy, frequency is a most once a month
able to communicate in English
able to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

meet diagnostic criteria for mania or hypomania
active suicidal ideation, 3) meet diagnostic criteria for psychotic syndrome
meet diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence
a score on the Mini mental state exam (MMSE) < 24.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts	United States	02114

Sponsors and Collaborators

Massachusetts General Hospital
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Jin hui Joo, MD, MA, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05611996

Other Study ID Numbers:

2022P001984

First Posted:

Nov 10, 2022

Last Update Posted:

Nov 10, 2022

Last Verified:

Nov 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Undecided

Plan to Share IPD:

Undecided

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Depression

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 10, 2022