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Screening for Mental Health Concerns for at-Risk Community Living Chinese Seniors

NCT00433238 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2007-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study is designed to answer the following research questions:

1. Evaluate the acceptability of mental health screening and of the instruments used in a sample of community living Chinese seniors;
2. Determine rates of mental health service utilization in individuals identified at screening as having psychological disturbance;
3. Determine if identifying mental illness and informing participants of screening results and with treatment alternatives alters help-seeking pathways.

The study hypotheses are:

1. This community sample of Chinese seniors will show a higher prevalence of psychological disturbance than their counterparts in the general population;
2. Emotional well-being will be positively correlated with individuals' physical health and social support network.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be screened for depression and cognitive impairment, then receive screening results.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joel Sadavoy, M.D. · Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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