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- Clinical Trial NCT03241225
EM/PROTECT: Improving Depression in Elder Mistreatment Victims
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
One in ten older adults is a victim of mistreatment, and one third of victims have clinically significant depressive symptoms. Depression increases mortality and decreases motivation to take self-protective steps. Yet, no elder mistreatment (EM) agencies have embedded identification and treatment of depressed EM victims in their programs. The investigators developed EM/PROTECT, a behavioral intervention for depressed EM victims, to work in synergy with EM agencies that provide safety planning and links to legal services. EM/PROTECT has been designed in an iterative process with community EM providers of the NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA), to utilize agencies' routine depression screening and service referrals. The investigators propose to collect data on the feasibility and acceptability of EM/PROTECT as one of three developmental projects under the ALACRITY Center NIMH grant (1 P50 MH113838-01,PI: Alexopoulos) (IRB 1704018108). We will compare the effectiveness of EM/PROTECT with EM enriched with staff training in linking EM victims to community mental health services (EM/MH). To ensure rigor and reproducibility, EM/PROTECT or EM/MH will be offered to randomly assigned depressed EM victims. All EM victims will receive standard EM resolution services from DFTA. EM staff will screen and refer depressed victims to Cornell staff, who will describe the study and obtain consent. Standardized assessments will be conducted by trained raters blind to participant assignment.
In addition, the investigators will use both active and passive sensing technology through smartphone data collection to supplement in-person data collection with an objective measure of socialization and behavioral activation. Smartphone data will be used to explore whether adherence to active recordings and time spent carrying the phone is associated with greater effectiveness of EM/PROTECT.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10065
- Weill Cornell Medicine
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New York, New York, United States, 10007
- Elderly Crime Victim Resource Center of the New York City Department for the Aging
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 55 years of age or older
- Capacity to consent (per EM staff)
- Significant depression (per EM staff) as indicated by a score of 10 or above on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a widely used screening tool routinely administered in EM agency settings (the PHQ-9 has a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 88% for major depression)
- Need for EM services
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active suicidal ideation (MADRS item 10>4)
- Inability to speak English
- Axis 1 DSM-5 diagnoses other than unipolar depression or generalized anxiety disorder (by SCID)
- Mini-Mental Exam score of 23 or less 5
- Severe or life-threatening medical illness
- EM emergency and or referral out of EM agency (per EM staff)
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: EM/PROTECT
This group of participants will receive the EM/PROTECT intervention, a behavioral intervention for depressed elder mistreatment (EM) victims designed to work in synergy with EM mistreatment resolution services that provide safety planning, support services, and links to legal services.
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EM/PROTECT is a behavioral intervention for depressed elder mistreatment (EM) victims designed to work in synergy with EM mistreatment resolution services that provide safety planning, support services, and links to legal services
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Active Comparator: EM/MH
This group of participants experiencing elder mistreatment will receive support services from staff trained in linking elder mistreatment victims to community mental health services.
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EM/MH provides individuals experiencing elder mistreatment with support services from staff trained in linking elder mistreatment victims to community mental health services.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Clinically Significant Depressive Symptoms (MADRS).
Time Frame: These measures are assessed at baseline, six week, nine week and twelve weeks after study enrollment during the study.
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In both conditions, the reduction of clinically significant depressive symptoms as measured on the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS).
Scores on this scale range from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating more severe depression and lower scores indicating milder depression.
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These measures are assessed at baseline, six week, nine week and twelve weeks after study enrollment during the study.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Assessment of Quality of Life (WHO-QOL)
Time Frame: These measures are assessed at baseline, six week, nine week and twelve weeks after study enrollment during the study.
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IN both conditions, improvement in assessment of quality of life measured by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) scale.
The overall scores range between 26-130.
In all domains, higher scores indicate better health.
Domain 1 measures general health (scores range from 2-10).
Domain 2 measures physical health (scores range from 7-35).
Domain 3 measures psychological health (scores range from 6-30).
Domain 4 measures social health (scores range from 3--15).
Domain 5 measures environmental health (scores range from 8-40).
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These measures are assessed at baseline, six week, nine week and twelve weeks after study enrollment during the study.
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Satisfaction With Study Intervention (CSQ)
Time Frame: Assessed after EM/PROTECT sessions completed at six, nine, and twelve weeks after study enrollment.
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Client satisfaction with study intervention as measured by the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) in both treatments.
Overall scores range from 3-12.
Domain 1 measures met needs.
Scores range from 1-4 and higher scores indicate more needs met.
Domain 2 measures satisfaction with services.
Scores range from 1-4 and higher scores indicate more satisfaction with services.
Domain 3 measures willingness to return.
Scores range from 1-4 and higher scores indicate greater willingness to return.
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Assessed after EM/PROTECT sessions completed at six, nine, and twelve weeks after study enrollment.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Jo Anne Sirey, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Study Director: George Alexopoulos, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
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Study Completion (Actual)
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Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 1703018101
- P50MH113838 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
IPD Sharing Time Frame
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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