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To Improve Depressive Symptoms Using a Web-App

A Web-App Based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion Program to Improve Depressive Symptom Experience: Midlife Korean American Women

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
40 Years to 60 Years
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether a web app that helps people be more physically active can improve depression symptoms. It is for Korean American women ages 40 to 60 who live in the United States and have had recent depression symptoms.

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).

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Identify as a Korean American woman in midlife.
  • Are 40 to 60 years old.
  • Have parents and grandparents of Korean descent.
  • Can read and write English or Korean.
  • Currently live in the United States.
  • Get little physical activity and have no disability that prevents physical activity.
  • Have internet access through a computer or mobile device.
  • Have had depression symptoms in the past two weeks, with a score of 1 to 10 on the PHQ-9 depression questionnaire.

Who can't join

  • Have major signs or symptoms that suggest lung disease or heart and blood vessel disease.
  • Have a history of a heart attack, stroke, or type 1 diabetes.
  • Have blood pressure higher than 160/100 mm Hg.
  • Take beta-blockers, diltiazem, or verapamil, which are medicines used for heart or blood pressure problems.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

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

Study sites (1)

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