NCT04289298

Reaching and Engaging Depressed Senior Center Clients

Reaching and Engaging Depressed Senior Center Clients Phase II

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of one type of therapy session, Virtual Augmented Engage (Engage-A). The research is being done because the researchers are trying to learn if these approaches could be used by therapists in the community social service agencies to treat older adults with depression. The research will also measure clinician satisfaction after training and supervision of utilization of Engage-A.

Conditions

• Depression in Old Age

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Engage-A	Therapist will encourage participants to engage in physical and social activities that are pleasurable or rewarding. Engage is a stepped care psychotherapy based on what is known about how older adults respond to depression interventions. Stepped care is a model of treatment that starts with the minimum effective therapeutic techniques first, and then based on how well people respond to treatment, additional therapeutic techniques are added until people are recovered from their depression.
OTHER	Training and utilizing Engage-A therapy	Therapist will be trained in Engage-A therapy and given supervision while utilizing this therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-03
• Primary completion: 2022-08-31
• Completion: 2022-08-31
• First posted: 2020-02-28
• Last updated: 2023-08-23
• Results posted: 2023-08-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States