At a glance
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Building Community Capacity for Disability Prevention for Minority Elders
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Comparison of a combined CBT + exercise intervention and enhanced usual care for Depression and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 307 participants across 8 sites in 2 countries.
Detailed Summary
The primary intervention offered through this study is a manualized and culturally adapted CBT intervention combined with an exercise intervention, administered by trained Community Health Workers and exercise trainers to ethnic minority elders with moderate to severe mood symptoms and at risk of disability. In addition to the intervention implementation, the study examines how to successfully build collaborative research for the provision of evidence-based mental health and disability prevention treatments for ethnic minority elders in community-based settings. Thus, the study will evaluate the three components necessary for a successful intervention: efficacy, since the intervention must work, acceptability among clients and partnering agencies, and feasibility and sustainability within the organization.