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A Family-based Primary Care Intervention to Enhance Older Men's Depression Care

NCT02143024 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2020-01-18

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Summary

Despite the public health importance of clinical depression, more than 50% of depressed adults receive inadequate or no treatment, with even higher rates of under-treatment in men and minorities. Family members and/or friends often assist older adults in their health care and may help overcome barriers to formal care, yet there is a lack of primary care-based interventions that mobilize family members and friends to improve depression treatment. In partnership with a community-based clinic, this research will address this scientific gap by developing and then testing the feasibility and acceptability of a family-based intervention that can be delivered pragmatically in a primary care setting serving large numbers of older minorities.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family-based depression intervention

The primary focus of our approach is on effectively engaging family members of depressed older men in the care of the patient. The interventionist (social worker) will 1) work jointly with a family member and older men to strengthen depression self-management and participation during primary care visits and 2) conduct a brief training module for primary care provider skills to strengthen their skills in working with family members.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care plus educational materials

Control subjects will receive usual care in the clinic augmented by psychoeducation. Family members will be given standard psychoeducational materials on depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ladson Hinton, MD · University of California, Davis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-01
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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