RECRUITING

Improving the Mental Health of Home Health Aides

Study Overview

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Description

The goal of this study is to improve the mental health of home health aides, a workforce that provides care for adults at home but whose own health has been historically poor. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * Will a health program called Living Healthy, which provides health education and support with positive thinking, be used by home health aides and do they like it? * Does Living Healthy actually improve home health aides' mood compared to what they usually do to take care of themselves? Participants in the study will get an 8-week health program called Living Healthy over 3 months. Some of the participants will also have a 'peer coach' who is another home health aide who's been trained to help them with the program and learn some ways to feel better. The study will compare the experiences of home health aides who get Living Healthy plus a peer coach with those who only get the Living Healthy program.

Official Title

Improving the Mental Health of Home Health Aides: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-12-11
Study Completion:2025-12
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06071221

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Currently working as a home health aide
  2. * Speak English or Spanish
  3. * ≥ 18 years of age
  4. * Have mild depressive symptoms (Personal Health Questionnaire 8-item \[PHQ8\] scale ≥ 5 points), and/or other risk factors for poor mental health as assessed by the following domains including stress (Cohen's Perceived Stress 4-item scale \[PSS4\] ≥5) or loneliness (≥6 on the 3-item UCLA Loneliness scale).
  1. * Speak a language other than English or Spanish
  2. * Less than 1 year of job experience as a home health aide

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Madeline R Sterling, MD, MPH, MS
CONTACT
6469625029
mrs9012@med.cornell.edu

Principal Investigator

Madeline R Sterling, MD, MPH, MS
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Locations (Sites)

1199 SEIU Home Care Industry Education Fund
New York, New York, 10018
United States
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10021
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  • Madeline R Sterling, MD, MPH, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-12-11
Study Completion Date2025-12

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-12-11
Study Completion Date2025-12

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • behavioral health intervention
  • home health aide
  • depressive symptoms
  • peer coaching
  • stress

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Mental Health Issue