Peer coaching program aims to boost mental health of home health aides
NCT ID NCT06071221
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether an 8-week health education program called Living Healthy, plus support from a trained peer coach (another home health aide), can improve mood and well-being in home health aides. 100 aides with mild depression, stress, or loneliness will be randomly assigned to get the program with or without a peer coach. The main goal is to see if the program is usable and liked, and if it reduces depressive symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Living Healthy educational program with peer coaching
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a practical, low-cost way to improve mental health for home health aides, a workforce with high stress.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study (100 people) testing feasibility, not effectiveness. The program may not improve mood or be widely adopted.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently working as a home health aide * Speak English or Spanish * ≥ 18 years of age * Have mild depressive symptoms (Personal Health Questionnaire 8-item \[PHQ8\] scale ≥ 5 points), or other risk factors for poor mental health as assessed by the following domains including stress (Cohen's Perceived Stress 4-item scale \[PSS4\] ≥5) or loneliness (≥6 on the 3-item UCLA Loneliness scale). Exclusion Criteria: * Speak a language other than English or Spanish * Less than 1 year of job experience as a home health aide
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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1199 SEIU Home Care Industry Education Fund
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10018, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10021, United States
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