An interventional study of Financial education videos and Microgrant in Psychological Distress, sponsored by Duke University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-27.
Sponsored by Duke University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The goal of this study is to test the ability of small grants and/or peer support to improve mental health among transgender people experiencing material hardship. The main questions the study will answer are:
Researchers will compare mental health outcomes among three groups of participants:
A. Participants who receive one small grant and monthly financial education videos B. Participants who receive a small grant every month and monthly financial education videos for a total of 6 months.
C. Participants who receive a small grant every month, peer mentoring support, and monthly financial education videos for a total of 6 months.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Monthly financial education videos and one-time microgrant
Behavioral: Financial education videos · Other: Microgrant
Monthly financial education videos and monthly microgrants
Behavioral: Financial education videos · Other: Microgrant
Monthly financial education videos, monthly microgrants, and peer mentoring support
Behavioral: Financial education videos · Other: Microgrant · Behavioral: Peer mentoring
Brief videos providing structured information on managing one's money
$150 stipend
One-on-one structured mentoring sessions with a trained peer
Change in psychological distress, as measured by Kessler 6
Kessler 6 is a 6-item scale with each item scored from 0-4 for a total score range from 0-24, with higher scores indicating greater psychological distress.
Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Change in substance use, as measured by the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)
DAST-10 is a 10-item scale with with one one point for each "yes" response for a total score range from 0-10, with higher scores indicating more problematic substance use
Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months
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Plan to share: Yes — The investigators plan to share data via one of the NIH repositories listed by the Trans-NIH BioMedical Informatics Coordinating Committee (BMIC). The final available dataset from this proposed research will include self-reported demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral data from quantitative surveys. No personal identifiers will be included with the final available dataset.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap
This study is completed, as verified in Mar 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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