MyCompass in a Swedish Context - an Automated Self-help Intervention Targeting Mental Health Problems

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mild Depression; Sleep Disturbance; Stress, Psychological; Anxiety State
• Interventions: Behavioral: Comparison group; Behavioral: MyCompass

• Registration Number: NCT03659630
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

The study present findings from the implementation of myCompass, a fully automated self-help intervention of Australian origin for mild to moderate anxiety and depression, in a Swedish context. The study also investigates the usage of a specially designed research platform aimed at handling informed consent and online surveys.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12
• Primary Completion: 2017-01
• Study Completion: 2017-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-03
• Study First Posted: 2018-09-06
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 837

Inclusion Criteria

• Swedish resident
• Valid e-mail address
• 18 years old or older
• PHQ-9 score of 5-20
• GAD-7 score of 5-15

Exclusion Criteria

• suicidal thoughts

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Comparison group	Comparison group	The control group receives a brief email each week, describing the most common mental health issues.
Intervention group	MyCompass	The intervention group receives the MyCompass intervention, an automated self-help intervention for mild to moderate mental ill-health.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7)	2 weeks	Self-report measure on anxiety symptoms. Seven items with score 0-21, a higher score indicating more severe anxiety. Cutoffs: Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively. For the purpose of this study, participants with a score between 5-15 were included.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)	2 weeks	Self-report measure on depressive symptoms. Nine items, each of which is scored 0 to 3, providing a 0 to 27 severity score, where a higher score indicates more severe depression. Scores of 5, 10, 15, and 20 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate, moderate to severe and severe depression, respectively. For the purpose of this study, participants with a score between 5-20 were included.