Trial reportThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2020
Digital Monitoring of Sleep, Meals, and Physical Activity for Reducing Depression in Older Spousally-Bereaved Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The role of technology-based interventions in older adults experiencing spousal bereavement: a systematic review of clinical trials.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Can Physical Activity Support Grief Outcomes in Individuals Who Have Been Bereaved? A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2021Pooled it
- "Caminando y socializando con Happy Older Latinos are Active (HOLA)": Results of a randomized clinical trial to promote health and prevent depression and anxiety in older Latinos.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Long-term follow-up of clinical trial participants: Predictors of post-trial response in older subjects.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Trial
- Sensor-Equipped Digital Technologies for Monitoring and Detecting Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Incorporating technology in research with older bereaved adults: Lessons learned from conducting an internet-based randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of holistic mobile health interventions on diet, and physical, and mental health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- A digital health intervention to stabilize the 24-hour rhythm of sleep, meals, and physical activity for reducing depression among older bereaved spouses: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a behavioral intervention and explore its impact on depression symptom burden among older spousally-bereaved adults.
methodsParticipants were age ≥60 years, bereaved ≤8 months, and at high risk for depression. Participants were randomized to 12 weeks of digital monitoring of sleep, meals, and physical activity; digital monitoring plus health coaching; or enhanced usual care and followed for 9 months for new-episode depression.
resultsWe enrolled 57 participants, 85% of eligible adults and 38% of all adults screened. We observed high levels of adherence in both digital monitoring (90%) and health coaching (92%); 88% of participants were retained. In linear mixed-effects models, depression symptoms significantly decreased, but the interaction between time and intervention was not significant.
conclusionA behavioral intervention that uses both digital monitoring and motivational health coaching is feasible and acceptable to older bereaved adults.
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