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Web-App for Depressive Symptoms in Korean-American Women

This study is testing a Web-App based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion Program (WPAPP-K) to see if it can help improve depressive symptoms in Korean-American women. The program includes group and individual coaching, peer support, and information to encourage physical activity. You may be able to join if you are a Korean-American woman between 40 and 60 years old, live in the U.S., can read English or Korean, are sedentary, and use computers or mobile devices. Researchers will measure changes in your depression symptoms, acculturation stress (stress from adapting to a new culture), and social readjustment over 12 months to see if the program is successful. The study's current status is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 300 participants. It is testing a behavioral intervention, the WPAPP-K.
What's involved
You would use the WPAPP-K program and a link to the CDC website for 12 months. Your use of the CDC website will be automatically measured.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your symptoms will be measured at the start, after 6 months, and after 12 months.

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NCT05405803

To Improve Depressive Symptoms Using a Web-App

Recruiting
NAAges 40–60InterventionalTreatment
University of Texas at Austin
~300 participants
Updated 2025-09-12 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Web-App based Lifestyle Physical Activity Promotion ProgramThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on depression and physical activity guidelines

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Korean (CESD-K)
Measured over Baseline(T0), 6-months post-intervention (T1), and post 12-months post-intervention (T2)
+3 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Depression

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, Texasstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Texas at Austin

Who to contact

Wonshik Chee, PhD
[email protected]
512-232-2121
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

self-reported midlife Korean-American women
aged 40 to 60 years
whose parents and grandparents are of Korean descent;
who can read and write English or Korean;
who currently reside in the United States;
who are sedentary (without any disabilities preventing physical activity);
who are online through computers or mobile devices;
have experienced depressive symptoms during the past two weeks (1 to 10 on the Patient Health Questionnaire \[PHQ-9\],which is equivalent to the cut-point of minimal to moderate depression.

Exclusion

major signs or symptoms suggestive of pulmonary or CVD
history of a myocardial infarction, stroke, or Type I diabetes mellitus
blood pressure higher than 160/100 mm Hg
Use of beta-blockers, diltiazem, or verapamil

What this trial measures

  • Change in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Korean (CESD-K)Baseline(T0), 6-months post-intervention (T1), and post 12-months post-intervention (T2)

    The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Korean (CESD-K) measures the frequency of depressive symptoms in the past week. It includes 20 items on the level of depression (range=0\~60). 21 as a cutoff score, indicating presence of depressive symptoms, because Koreans give negative responses for positive effects. High scores indicating greater depressive symptoms. A lower score correlates with better outcome.

  • Change in Acculturation Stress Scale (ASS)Baseline(T0), 6-months post-intervention (T1), and post 12-months post-intervention

    12 questions to assess the magnitude of stress associated with acculturation process (e.g., language difficulties, economic and social conflicts). Each with 4-point Likert scale (0=not stressful to 3=very stressful). Total possible score 0-36 with higher score correlating with worse outcome.

  • Change in Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)Baseline(T0), 6-months post-intervention (T1), and post 12-months post-intervention

    57 items on life events (e.g., death, marriage, empty nest, etc.), giving different weighting depending on the severity of the stressor (possible total score 0 to 100). Higher score correlates with higher stress.

  • Change in Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ-2000)Baseline(T0), 6-months post-intervention (T1), and post 12-months post-intervention

    15 7-point Likert scale items measuring perceived level of social support. 5 dimensions: (a) provision for attachment/intimacy; (b) social integration; (c) opportunity for nurturing behavior; (d) reassurance of worth; and (e) the availability of informational, emotional, and material helps. Total possible score range: 15 to 105. Higher scores indicating more support; higher scores are better outcomes.