Virtual Intervention Targeting Distress in College Students: a Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 500
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) scores to 6wks post intervention
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a virtual task can reduce distress in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Will those who complete the virtual task have less distress?
- Will men and women both benefit equally from the virtual task?
Researchers will compare the virtual task to a control task (another virtual task that we expect will not impact distress) to see if distress differs.
Participants will spend 20 minutes engaging in the virtual task (or the control task) on 3 different days all within one week. They will complete a survey about their well-being before starting the first virtual task and again ~6 weeks afterward.
详细描述
Easily accessible and cost effective strategies for reducing emotional distress and improving stress tolerance in college students and the population generally are desired. The scalability and feasibility of virtual interventions hold promise for reaching segments of the population that find one-on-one psychotherapy aversive. Males in particular have higher perceived treatment stigma relative to women and find may typical traditional therapeutic processes incongruent with their masculine identity and values. The research team has designed an innovative, self-directed, virtual intervention to reduce distress and stress intolerance. The intervention consists of a set of virtual tasks which reflect the Sequential Model of Emotional Processing presented with language, imagery and content that engages men.
Using a randomized clinical trials design, this pilot project will compare the effects of the virtual intervention with a virtual control task on emotional well-being outcomes in college students.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years of age or older
- •college student
排除标准
- •Younger than 18 years of age
研究组 & 干预措施
Virtual Intervention
干预措施: Virtual Sequential Emotional Processing Task (Behavioral)
Virtual Control
干预措施: Virtual Control Task (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) scores to 6wks post intervention
时间窗: From enrollment to the end of the ~6wk follow up period.
The scale ranges from 0-6 where higher scores indicate more dysfunction.
次要结局
- Change from baseline Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 scores to 6wks post intervention(From enrollment to the end of the ~6wk follow up period.)
- Change from baseline Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-2 scores to 6wks post intervention(From enrollment to the end of the ~6wk follow up period.)
研究者
Matt Genuchi
Associate Professor
Boise State University