An interventional study of OHDC-DC in Depression, Depressive Disorder and Depressive Symptoms, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-29.
Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if a mobile phone app can deliver depression treatment to African Americans who are depressed. The main question it aims to answer is if this treatment is effective in reducing symptoms of depression.
Participants will attend six 90-minute weekly classes via an app on their phone, and will be asked to complete surveys every week. Participants can expect to be in the study for four months.
The Oh Happy Day Class-Digital Connections (OHDC-DC) is designed for African American adults experiencing clinical depression (CD). OHDC originally comprised of 13 treatment modules focused on culturally relevant strategies to increase knowledge of depression and healthy coping behaviors aimed at reducing symptoms of clinical depression and improving health outcomes.
The Oh Happy Day Class-Digital Connections (OHDC-DC) comprise of 5 core elements of the OHDC-DC:
Exclusion Criteria:
Behavioral: OHDC-DC
90-minute-weekly cognitive behavioral psycho-education classes using a mobile phone app over a 6-week period
Change in Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale score
Using the 8 item Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8), participants will rate how much they have been bothered by symptoms on a scale of 0-3 with a possible range of 0 to 24. Higher scores indicate greater degree of depression.
Time frame: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) score
Using the GAD-7 score, participants will rate how much they have been bothered by symptoms on a scale of 0-3 with a possible range of 0 to 24. Higher scores indicate greater degree of anxiety.
Time frame: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
Change in Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)
Using the 16-item QIDS, participants will rate how much they have been bothered by symptoms on a scale of 0-3 with a possible range of 0 to 27. Higher scores indicate greater degree of depression.
Time frame: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
Satisfaction with intervention
Participants will rate their satisfaction with the intervention by answering a 9-item questionnaire with a scale of 1-7 (1= none of the time, 7= all of the time). Higher scores indicate greater satisfaction with the intervention.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Plan to share: No
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