NCT03870360

Preventing Anxiety and Depression in Older Hispanics

Health Promotion in the Prevention of Anxiety and Depression: the Happy Older Latinos Are Active (HOLA Study)

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to look at the best ways to prevent anxiety and depression in older Latino adults who are at risk for developing anxiety and depression. Participants will be randomized to either a health promotion intervention or a healthy lifestyles education program.

Detailed description

Given the prevalence and morbidity of depression in later life, the inadequacies of current treatment approaches for averting years living with disability, the inequities in access to the mental health care delivery system, and the workforce shortages to meet the mental health needs of older Latinos, development and testing of innovative strategies to prevent depression and anxiety are of great public health significance and have the potential to change practice.

Conditions

• Depression
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HOLA Component 1	At week 1 and week 8 participants will meet individually with Community Health Worker (CHW) for 30 minutes for a manualized social and physical activation session.
BEHAVIORAL	HOLA Component 2	A CHW led 45 minute (10 minutes of stretching and warm up, followed by 30 minutes of walking with a 5 minute cool down) group walk session of six participants at a time done 3 times a week that utilized interval training that slowly gradually increases in intensity.
BEHAVIORAL	HOLA Component 3	A CHW led pleasant event discussion, asking each participant to identify a pleasant event. This task is done in conjunction with the cool down of HOLA 2.
BEHAVIORAL	HOLA Component 4	One booster walking session twice a month for six months post intervention for reinforcement, then one booster walking session a month for eighteen months.
BEHAVIORAL	Healthy lifestyles education program	Biweekly telephone check in calls for the first 16 weeks followed by monthly check in calls during the two year follow up period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2026-06-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2019-03-12
• Last updated: 2025-11-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States