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The Health and Social Consequences of Depression Among the Elderly

NCT05856552 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5370

Last updated 2025-11-26

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Summary

Mental illnesses often go undiagnosed or untreated in low-income settings. Mental health care may be especially important for the elderly - events in the lives of the elderly, like illnesses or deaths of peers, may put these individuals at high risk of mental illness. The study will constitute a randomized controlled trial aimed at reducing depression among elderly women. Through two interventions, the investigators will aim to improve women elder's outlook on life and relationships through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and facilitated group activities. There will be a total of four treatment arms: one for CBT during home visits, one for facilitated group activities, one for both, and a control group receiving neither the CBT nor facilitated group activities. All activities will be delivered by lay government community volunteers. Randomization for group activities will be at the village level, and randomization for CBT will be at the individual-level within each village. Investigators will track outcomes of the elderly at two points in time: immediately after the main 12-week intervention period and 6 months after the main intervention period.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CBT

Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by community resource persons via home visits.

BEHAVIORAL

Group Activities

Weekly hour-long group activities delivered by community resource persons in community spaces.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-20
Primary Completion
2028-12-31
Completion
2028-12-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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