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Trial reportThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2023

Increasing the Repertoire for Depression Care: Methods and Challenges of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Support for Vulnerable Older Adults.

Jin Hui Joo, Melissa Davey-Rothwell, Namkee Choi, Joseph Gallo, Ryan A Mace, Alice Xie

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Trial report in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Loneliness, Self-Efficacy and Adaptive Coping: Mixed Methods Analysis of Mediation in a Peer Support Intervention for Depression.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025
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  3. A Mixed Methods Effectiveness Study of a Peer Support Intervention for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025
    Trial
  4. Review
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  6. The Promise of Peer-Led Interventions for Older Adults.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jin Hui JooDepartment of Psychiatry (JHJ, AX), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health, Society and Behavior, Bloomberg School of Public Health (MDR), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Texas at Austin (NC), Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Austin, TX; Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health (JG), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (RAM), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jhjoo@mgh.harvard.edu.
Melissa Davey-RothwellDepartment of Psychiatry (JHJ, AX), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health, Society and Behavior, Bloomberg School of Public Health (MDR), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Texas at Austin (NC), Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Austin, TX; Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health (JG), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (RAM), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Namkee ChoiDepartment of Psychiatry (JHJ, AX), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health, Society and Behavior, Bloomberg School of Public Health (MDR), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Texas at Austin (NC), Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Austin, TX; Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health (JG), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (RAM), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Joseph GalloDepartment of Psychiatry (JHJ, AX), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health, Society and Behavior, Bloomberg School of Public Health (MDR), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Texas at Austin (NC), Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Austin, TX; Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health (JG), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (RAM), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Ryan A MaceDepartment of Psychiatry (JHJ, AX), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health, Society and Behavior, Bloomberg School of Public Health (MDR), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Texas at Austin (NC), Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Austin, TX; Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health (JG), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (RAM), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Alice XieDepartment of Psychiatry (JHJ, AX), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health, Society and Behavior, Bloomberg School of Public Health (MDR), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Texas at Austin (NC), Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Austin, TX; Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health (JG), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (RAM), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Peer Enhanced Depression Care: Using Peer Mentors to Provide Self-Care Support to Low-Income and Minority Older AdultsR01MH123165 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JOO, JIN HUI · 2019 to 2022
$2.4M
My Healthy Brain: a mindfulness-based lifestyle intervention to modify early risk of dementia in older adultsK23AG075257 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Ryan Andrew Mace · 2022 to 2026
$961k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG075257NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveLow-income White and older adults of color face barriers to depression care. Our purpose is to describe the methods and challenges encountered during the implementation of a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a peer support depression care intervention for low-income White and older adults of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsPeer Enhanced Depression Care (Peers) is an 8-week community-based intervention that uses peer mentors who are trained and supervised to provide social support and self-care skills to depressed older adults. The effectiveness of the intervention in reducing depression will be evaluated by following a sample of older adults recruited in the community over a 12-month period. Target enrollment is 160 older adults. We hypothesize that participants randomized to the Peer Enhanced Depression Care intervention will experience greater decrease in depressive symptoms compared to participants randomized to the social interaction control. We provide lessons learned regarding the recruitment of BIPOC and White low-income older adults and peer mentors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

resultsRecruitment challenges occurred in primary care clinics that were unable to accommodate recruitment efforts during the pandemic. This led to focused outreach to community-based organizations serving older adults. Challenges to participant recruitment have included barriers related to stigma, distrust, as well as unfamiliarity with research. Peer mentor recruitment was facilitated by existing government-supported resources.

conclusionsThis study will provide knowledge regarding the effectiveness, mechanism, and processes of delivering an informal psychosocial intervention such as peer support to a vulnerable older adult population.

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COVID-19DepressionAgedCounselingHumansPandemicsPeer GroupDepressionElderlyEthnicityInterventionPeer support

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PMID36842891
PMCPMC10329981
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