The Effect of a Brief Online Behavioral Activation Intervention

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression
• Interventions: Behavioral: Behavioral Activation

• Registration Number: NCT05914025
• Lead Sponsor: Palo Alto University

Brief Summary

Depression is a worldwide phenomena that has a severe personal, social and societal impact. One such impact is an over $200 billion worldwide economic cost. While many treatments exist for depression, many individuals may not receive the support that they need for reasons such as stigma, financial restraints, or limited access to therapists. As such, it is important to assess the efficacy of brief online treatments as an alternative to full length, in-person treatments. A series of studies looking at a brief behavioral activation for depression treatment has shown that participants have reported temporarily improved mood, confidence, motivation and reduced depressive symptoms. It is important to test this treatment in multiple groups of people to acquire additional information regarding brief online interventions. This study seeks to collect participants from online social media sources and compare results to historical data that were collected from a prior research study which used Amazon Mechanical Turk as a recruitment source.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-24
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-02-20
• Study Completion: 2023-04-18
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-22
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 106

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• United States Resident

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-US resident
• Younger than 18 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Behavioral Activation Intervention	Behavioral Activation	All individuals enrolled in the study will be assigned to this arm and will receive a brief behavioral activation psychoeducation module among other self-report assessments.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported mood	3 days	Changes in mood as measured by a self-reported mood question. This measure is scored on a 9-point Likert scale (1 = Extremely Negative to 9 = Extremely Positive)
Daily Enjoyment	At time of original survey	Changes in enjoyment as measured by a self-reported question around daily enjoyment. This measure is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Not at all to 9 = Extremely)
Depression level	3 days	Changes in depression score as measured by the PROMIS scale. The PROMIS is scored on a 5-point Likert scale with responses 1 to 5 corresponding to Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, and Always respectively.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Confidence, Motivation, and Usefulness	3 days	Changes in confidence, motivation, and usefulness are measured with single self-reported measures for confidence, motivation, and usefulness of the intervention. They are rated on a 9 point Likert scale (1 = Extremely Negative to 9 = Extremely Positive)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Online Recruitment/Palo Alto University Campus; 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States