Culturally-focused Consultation for Asian Americans and Latino Americans

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

122 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-12-31

Study Completion Date

2011-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine if a culturally focused psychiatric (CFP) consultation service can improve depressive symptoms and increase diagnosis and treatment of depression in Asian American and Latino American primary care patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Detailed Description

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This study's aim is to determine if a culturally focused mental health consultation will help Latino and Asian Americans who are experiencing sadness, stress, or other symptoms of depression. Eligible adults must already have a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In this study, patients will be randomly assigned, like the flip of a coin, to receive the culturally focused intervention or treatment as usual. Those who receive the intervention will have three sessions with study personnel, during which they will generally discuss and learn techniques for dealing with their mental health. Those who receive treatment as usual, meaning the regular care they receive through their primary care practice, will have two sessions with study personnel during which they will generally discuss their mental health. All study visits and patient materials are provided in patients' language of choice - English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, or Vietnamese. All patients will be compensated for completing study visits.

About half of the study patients in both arms will also be invited to participate in optional qualitative interviews, in which they will be asked questions about their expectations for the research study and their ideas for improving culturally sensitive mental health services. In addition, a small sample of Asian American patients who did not participate in the study but who have PCPs at the sites where the study was conducted will be contacted for a qualitative interview. This interview will address reasons why Asian American recruitment for the study was so challenging.

Conditions

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Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment as usual

The treatment as usual arm consists of two phone or in-person interviews:

1. Patients are asked questions about their mental health, their views of mental health, and how they cope with their mental health (including any treatment they might be receiving).
2. Patients are asked the same questions 6 months after the initial interview.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Culturally focused psychiatric consultation

The consultation is comprised of 3 visits:

1a. Psychiatric diagnostic interview, self-rated questionnaires (in-person consultation).

1b. Intervention focused on learning about depression and how to treat it using culturally relevant resources.

2\. Follow-up visit two weeks later to go over patients' questions, homework if applicable, and patients' ability to meet the goals outlined in the first visit (in-person or phone visit).

3\. 6-month follow up: 6 months after the initial consultation, patients are asked about mental health symptoms and mental health treatment they might be receiving (phone visit unless patient requests in-person).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Culturally focused psychiatric consultation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The consultation is comprised of 3 visits:

1a. Psychiatric diagnostic interview, self-rated questionnaires (in-person consultation).

1b. Intervention focused on learning about depression and how to treat it using culturally relevant resources.

2\. Follow-up visit two weeks later to go over patients' questions, homework if applicable, and patients' ability to meet the goals outlined in the first visit (in-person or phone visit).

3\. 6-month follow up: 6 months after the initial consultation, patients are asked about mental health symptoms and mental health treatment they might be receiving (phone visit unless patient requests in-person).

Interventions

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Culturally focused psychiatric consultation

The consultation is comprised of 3 visits:

1a. Psychiatric diagnostic interview, self-rated questionnaires (in-person consultation).

1b. Intervention focused on learning about depression and how to treat it using culturally relevant resources.

2\. Follow-up visit two weeks later to go over patients' questions, homework if applicable, and patients' ability to meet the goals outlined in the first visit (in-person or phone visit).

3\. 6-month follow up: 6 months after the initial consultation, patients are asked about mental health symptoms and mental health treatment they might be receiving (phone visit unless patient requests in-person).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Capable of giving informed consent
* Adults 18 years of age or older
* Members of either Asian American or Latino American minority groups
* Currently experiencing depressive symptoms