Acute-REMOTION: REMOTION in Acute Psychiatric Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: REMOTION; Behavioral: TAU

• Registration Number: NCT04990674
• Lead Sponsor: University of Bern

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine REMOTION, an internet-based intervention aimed at reducing symptom severity and improving emotion regulation in an acute psychiatric inpatient care setting. REMOTION is currently being studied in an outpatient psychotherapy setting. This study aims to investigate feasibility and first effects of this intervention in inpatient psychiatric care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-07-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-07-27
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-04
• Study Start: 2021-08-09
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-16
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study Completion: 2023-07-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 or older
• In acute inpatient care
• With internet access
• Informed consent given

Exclusion Criteria

• Current participation in another specific emotion regulation intervention group
• Current or history of psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, mental retardation or organic mental disorders
• Acute suicidality
• Insufficient mastery of German language

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
REMOTION + TAU	REMOTION	-
REMOTION + TAU	TAU	-
TAU	TAU	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in general symptom severity	Assessed after 8 weeks	Assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (BSI-18)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction with REMOTION	Assessed after 4 Weeks, after inpatient discharge (on average 24 days after inpatient intake), and after 8 Weeks	Assessed with the ZUF-8 (Fragebogen zur Messung der Patientenzufriedenheit) Questionnaire adapted for an internet-based program
Qualitative interviews with healthcare workers	4 months after study start	Recorded interviews on the topic of attitudes towards / barriers and facilitators / advantages and disadvantages of internet-based interventions in inpatient care
Emotion regulation skills	Assessed at Baseline, then after 4 Weeks, after inpatient discharge (on average 24 days after inpatient intake), and after 8 Weeks	Assessed with the Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Emotion Regulation Skills (SEK-27)
Usability of REMOTION	Assessed after 4 weeks, after inpatient discharge (on average 24 days after inpatient intake), and after 8 Weeks	Assessed with the System Usability Scale (SUS)
Qualitative interviews with patients lost to follow up	After a patient is lost to follow-up (after the 8 week timepoint when follow-up is assessed, has passed for the individual patient)	Individuals lost to follow up can take part in a telephone interview on a voluntary basis, this examines reasons for loss to follow up
Difficulties in emotion regulation	Assessed at Baseline, then after 4 Weeks, after inpatient discharge (on average 24 days after inpatient intake), and after 8 Weeks	Assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
REMOTION usage parameters	Assessed after 4 weeks, after inpatient discharge (on average 24 days after inpatient intake) and after 8 weeks	Amount of modules completed and amount of exercises completed

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern; 🇨🇭 Bern, Switzerland