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NCT Number: NCT06206226

The Oh Happy Day Class - Digital Connections (OHDC-DC): A Pilot Study

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Depression Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Depressive Disorder Depressive Symptoms Mental Disorders Mood Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States

Location contact

Earlise Ward, PhD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Shari Barlow

CONTACT

[email protected]

608-265-4348

About this study

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:

  • 90-minute-weekly cognitive behavioral psycho-education classes over a 6-week period.
  • Six classes will be offered and facilitated online in the computerized OHDC-DC.
  • Participants will be encouraged to stay engaged between classes by digitally connecting on the app with the class content. On the app they will receive reminders and messages from staff and participants to stay digitally connected and engaged.
  • Embedded in the classes and content is psychoeducation with an emphasis on educating participants about depression, raising awareness of mental illness with the goal of normalizing it and reducing stigma, and increasing healthy coping behaviors, and.
  • The intervention will be delivered by a licensed mental health clinician.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • African-American
  • Age 18 and older
  • Experiencing depression (as evidenced by a score of 5 or higher on the PHQ-9)
  • Own a mobile phone

Exclusion criteria

  • Individuals who are currently receiving psychotherapy
  • Individuals who are presently experiencing suicidal ideation
  • Individuals who started psychotropic medication less than three months prior to the start of the OHDC will be excluded from the study
  • Participants scoring 25 or higher on the PHQ-9 will be screened out

Treatment and study plan

OHDC-DC

Behavioral

90-minute-weekly cognitive behavioral psycho-education classes using a mobile phone app over a 6-week period

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale score

    Time frame: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)

    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.

  2. Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) score

    Time frame: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)

    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.

  3. Change in Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)

    Time frame: Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)

    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.

  4. Satisfaction with intervention

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    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.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Shari Barlow

CONTACT

[email protected]

608-265-4348

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Oh Happy Day Class - Digital Connections (OHDC-DC): an Exploratory Pilot Study

Acronym: OHDC-DC

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jan 16, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 1, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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