Depression and Pain Perseverance Through Empowered Recovery Intervention

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Conditions studied: Pain, Depressive Symptoms, Frailty, Aging

In brief

African American women who are 50 years of age and older with depressive symptoms, pain and difficulty with mobility will participate in the DAPPER intervention study that includes 8 nurse visits in participants' homes to help participants with participants' pain and mood.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04091347

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

34

Starts

2020-01-02

Expected to finish

2023-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-19

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-report pain >3 out of a 0 -10 scale that has lasted longer than 3 months and keeps subjects from doing at least one activity that subjects would like to do
• Self-Identify as African American/Black female
• Live in a community dwelling
• Score a 5 or higher on the PHQ-9 (depression measure) at least two times during a two week period (screening call and then at first data collection visit)
• Must be pre-frail (one or two criteria on frailty phenotype) or frail (three or more of the criteria on frailty phenotype)
• One ADL or IADL limitation

You may not qualify if…

• Hospitalized > 3 times in the last year
• Participating in physical therapy
• Have a terminal diagnosis (<1 year expected survival)
• > moderate intellectual impairment (5-7 errors) based on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
• Unable to speak or understand English

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins School of Nursing — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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