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Improving the Mental Health of Home Health Aides

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllWeill Medical College of Cornell University
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

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 wh

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently working as a home health aide * Speak English or Spanish * โ‰ฅ 18 years of age * Have mild depressive symptoms (Personal Health Questionnaire 8-item \[PHQ8\] scale โ‰ฅ 5 points), or other risk factors for poor mental health as assessed by the following domains including stress (Cohen's Perceived Stress 4-item scale \[PSS4\] โ‰ฅ5) or loneliness (โ‰ฅ6 on the 3-item UCLA Loneliness scale). Exclusion Criteria: * Speak a language other than English or Spanish * Less than 1 year of job experience as a home health aide
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What it tests

  • Living Healthy educational program + peer coaching
  • Living Healthy educational program
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Where

2 sites
1199 SEIU Home Care Industry Education Fund
New York, United States
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, United States
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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