To Improve Depressive Symptoms Using a Web-App

NCT ID: NCT05405803

Last Updated: 2025-09-12

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-12-12

Study Completion Date

2026-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study is being done to answer a question on whether a Web App-based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion Program is effective in improving depressive symptom experience of midlife Korean American women (WPAPP-K).

Detailed Description

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This study is being done to answer a question on whether a Web App-based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion Program is effective in improving depressive symptom experience of midlife Korean American women (WPAPP-K). Korean American midlife women tend to suffer from depressive symptoms due to their menopausal transition, cultural background, age, and gender. The WPAPP-K program that the investigators are testing is designed to help Korean American midlife women by providing information and coaching/support to increase lifestyle physical activity and subsequently improve their depressive symptom experience during the menopausal transition. The research team wants to know if the program improves depressive symptom experience of Korean American midlife women as designed.

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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Intervention Group

Participants will be asked to visit WPAPP-K at least two times a week for 12 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Web-App based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

WPAPP-K includes group and individual coaching/support by health care providers, peer coaching/support, and information to change the women's attitudes, self-efficacy, perceived barriers, and social influences.

The program includes 3 components in 2 languages (English and Korean):

1. Social media sites: allow participants to share their experiences and to receive individual and group coaching/ support from culturally matched peers and healthcare providers.
2. Interactive online educational sessions: information on 15 topics related to depressive symptoms and lifestyle physical activity.
3. Online Resources: include 20 links in English or Korean (only from scientific authorities including NIH, CDC,etc.).

Weekly group coaching and support will start after the first 10 participants are enrolled, but individual coaching/support will start as soon as a participant enrolls.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on depression and physical activity guidelines

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A link to the CDC website will be provided through the project website, and participants will be asked to use it during the study period (12 months). Their use of the CDC website will be automatically measured through the project website.

Control group

Participants will have access to a link of the CDC website from baseline and during the duration of the study (12 months).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on depression and physical activity guidelines

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A link to the CDC website will be provided through the project website, and participants will be asked to use it during the study period (12 months). Their use of the CDC website will be automatically measured through the project website.

Interventions

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Web-App based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion Program

WPAPP-K includes group and individual coaching/support by health care providers, peer coaching/support, and information to change the women's attitudes, self-efficacy, perceived barriers, and social influences.

The program includes 3 components in 2 languages (English and Korean):

1. Social media sites: allow participants to share their experiences and to receive individual and group coaching/ support from culturally matched peers and healthcare providers.
2. Interactive online educational sessions: information on 15 topics related to depressive symptoms and lifestyle physical activity.
3. Online Resources: include 20 links in English or Korean (only from scientific authorities including NIH, CDC,etc.).

Weekly group coaching and support will start after the first 10 participants are enrolled, but individual coaching/support will start as soon as a participant enrolls.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on depression and physical activity guidelines

A link to the CDC website will be provided through the project website, and participants will be asked to use it during the study period (12 months). Their use of the CDC website will be automatically measured through the project website.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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WPAPP-K

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* self-reported midlife Korean-American women
* aged 40 to 60 years
* whose parents and grandparents are of Korean descent;
* who can read and write English or Korean;
* who currently reside in the United States;
* who are sedentary (without any disabilities preventing physical activity);
* who are online through computers or mobile devices;
* have experienced depressive symptoms during the past two weeks (1 to 10 on the Patient Health Questionnaire \[PHQ-9\],which is equivalent to the cut-point of minimal to moderate depression.

Exclusion Criteria

* major signs or symptoms suggestive of pulmonary or CVD
* history of a myocardial infarction, stroke, or Type I diabetes mellitus
* blood pressure higher than 160/100 mm Hg
* Use of beta-blockers, diltiazem, or verapamil
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Texas at Austin

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Eun-Ok Im

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas at Austin

Locations

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The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Wonshik Chee, PhD

Role: CONTACT

512-232-2121

Facility Contacts

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Wonshik Chee, PhD

Role: primary

512-232-2121

Other Identifiers

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1R01NR020334-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

STUDY00004809

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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