PEERS Plus mHealth Enhanced Peer Support

NCT05611996 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2025-10-08

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Summary

The goal of this intervention study is to design and learn whether peer support that is delivered through video chats and texts can decrease depression among older adults. Participants will be assigned to a peer support program where they will receive 8 video chats with a peer mentor who provide social support and supportive texts over 8 weeks.

Conditions

  • Depression in Old Age

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peers plus

Peer support intervention in which peer mentors who have experiential knowledge of depression deliver social support through video chats and texts to older adults with depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-15
Primary Completion
2025-01-17
Completion
2025-01-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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