Digital support to help clinic teams deliver Problem-Solving Therapy for depression
Type III Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Clinical Decision Support System for the Implementation of Problem Solving Treatment in Community Health Centers
['FUNDING_OTHER'] · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · NIH-11306641
A web app designed to help clinic staff use Problem-Solving Therapy to support adults with depression at community health centers.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_OTHER'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (SEATTLE, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11306641 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
From a patient perspective, researchers worked with clinicians and clients to build a web-based app called PST-Aid that helps you and your clinician set goals and make action plans using Problem-Solving Therapy. They will train about 60 practitioners across 20–30 community health centers in the OCHIN network and randomly give some clinicians the PST-Aid tool while others use usual PST methods. The team will track how well clinicians adopt and stick to the therapy approach, how usable and engaging the app is, and whether patients have smaller depression symptoms and better functioning over time. The effort focuses on real-world community clinics so findings could apply to routine primary care settings.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults receiving care for depression at participating community health centers and offered Problem-Solving Therapy by trained clinicians are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who do not attend one of the participating clinics, who do not have depressive symptoms, or whose clinicians do not use PST are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could receive more consistent, higher-quality Problem-Solving Therapy that may reduce depression symptoms and improve daily functioning.
How similar studies have performed: Problem-Solving Therapy itself has evidence for helping depression, but using an automated clinical decision-support app to improve real-world delivery is a newer approach with limited prior trial data.
Where this research is happening
SEATTLE, UNITED STATES
- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — SEATTLE, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: BENNETT, IAN MOORE — UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- Study coordinator: BENNETT, IAN MOORE
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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