The Oh Happy Day Class - Digital Connections (OHDC-DC) for Depression

This study is testing if a mobile phone app called OHDC-DC can help African Americans who are experiencing depression. The app provides 90-minute weekly cognitive behavioral psycho-education classes over six weeks. To join, you must be African-American, age 18 or older, own a mobile phone, and have depression symptoms (a PHQ-9 score of 5 or higher). You cannot join if you are currently in psychotherapy, have recent suicidal thoughts, or started new psychotropic medication less than three months ago. The researchers will measure changes in your depression and anxiety symptoms to see if the OHDC-DC app is effective. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 8 planned participants. It is a single-arm study, meaning all participants receive the OHDC-DC intervention.
What's involved
You would attend six 90-minute weekly classes via a mobile app and complete surveys every week. You can expect to be in the study for about four months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your depression and anxiety symptoms will be measured at the start of the study and again about one month after the intervention ends (approximately 12 weeks total).

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NCT06206226

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

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
University of Wisconsin, Madison
~8 participants
Updated 2026-09-02 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:OHDC-DC

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 Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale score
Measured over Baseline to one month post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks)
+3 more outcomes measured
Depression
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Symptoms

NCT06206226

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.

  • University of Wisconsin

    Madison, Wisconsinstudy 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.

  • Earlise Ward, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

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
  • Change in Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale scoreBaseline 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.

  • Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scoreBaseline 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.

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

  • Satisfaction with intervention12 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.