Guided Feedback in an Online Game Impacts Decision Making

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depressive Symptoms
• Interventions: Behavioral: Video; Behavioral: Active game; Behavioral: Neutral game

• Registration Number: NCT05925816
• Lead Sponsor: Bard College

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the use of a text-based game as a way to understand decision making and knowledge related to anxiety, stress, and mood states like depression or loneliness. The investigators are interested in identifying whether participants who are given feedback before and during the game will report changes in behavior or depressive symptoms over the course of a one-week period. This is a follow-up to the published study from the researchers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-02
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-04
• Study Completion: 2022-05-04
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-22
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-29
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

• 18+ age
• Eligible to participate in online research
• Able to read and respond in English

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Video + Active game	Active game	Combines Video and Active game
Video	Video	Short video with BA intervention ideas
Video + Neutral game	Neutral game	Combines Video and Neutral game
Active game	Active game	Feedback Twine game
Video + Neutral game	Video	Combines Video and Neutral game
Neutral game	Neutral game	Neutral Twine game
Video + Active game	Video	Combines Video and Active game

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Behavior in study-specific game	Completed at baseline (T0)	For participants completing the game (neutral or active), behavior and choices made will be used as data for analyses. Game choices allow participants to decide what next activities they will "do" in the game. Analyses incorporate decision probabilities (which of 2-5 choices are selected) and compare them between conditions. The game is completed at baseline following assessment (and following video) for those assigned this arm only.
patient health questionnaire (PHQ; 8 items)	one week following intervention (T1)	The PHQ measures depression; scores range from 0 to 24 with higher scores indicating more depression.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7)	one-week follow-up (T1)	7-item measure of generalized anxiety; scores range from 0 to 21 with higher scores indicating more anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bard College; 🇺🇸 Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States