Mood Management Effects of Brief Unsupported Internet Interventions
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 765
- 主要终点
- Change in Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke & Spitzer, 2002) scores
研究概览
简要总结
The main goal of this study was to compare the effect of a one-session unsupported Internet intervention on participants' clinical symptoms (depressive and anxiety symptoms) and related variables (mood, confidence and motivation).
详细描述
The main goal of this study was to compare the effect of a one-session unsupported Internet intervention on participants' clinical symptoms (depressive and anxiety symptoms) and related variables (mood, confidence and motivation).
Method: A total of 765 adults residing in the United States took part in a randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomly assigned to one of five brief plain text interventions lasting five to ten minutes. The interventions designed to address depressive symptoms were: Thoughts (increasing helpful thoughts), Activities (increasing activity level), Sleep Hygiene, Assertiveness (increasing assertiveness awareness), Own Methods (utilizing methods that were previously successful). They were followed-up one week after consenting.
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
- None
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
- •- most be U.S. citizens
排除标准
- •- non-U.S. residents
研究组 & 干预措施
Thoughts.
Increasing helpful thoughts consisted of two psychoeducational segments (i.e., thoughts affect emotions, and how to manage harmful thoughts), and a list of "helpful thoughts" that participants could choose to use to increase their mood for the next week
干预措施: Thoughts (Behavioral)
Activities.
Increasing activity level included a brief description of how activities affect mood. Participants were then asked to choose the activities they could use to improve their mood from an available list of "helpful activities"; users were also able to generate their own helpful activities. Participants were also presented with examples of unhelpful activities such as staying in bed and being isolated.
干预措施: Activities. (Behavioral)
Assertiveness
Increasing assertiveness, consisting of tips for communicating assertively, and an example of an assertive statement. Participants were asked to describe a recent conflict and apply the intervention's assertiveness techniques to address the conflict
干预措施: Assertiveness. (Behavioral)
Sleep hygiene
Increasing sleep hygiene included a description on how sleep can affect mood. Participants were also asked to select from a list of helpful sleep hygiene suggestions to be practiced within the next week such as, "Don't take naps during the day" and "Use the bed/bedroom for sleep or sex only".
干预措施: Sleep hygiene (Behavioral)
Own Methods
wherein participants were asked to identify four of their own personal strategies that have helped them improve their mood in the past.
干预措施: Own Methods (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke & Spitzer, 2002) scores
时间窗: Baseline - 1 week follow-up
Which is a widely used 10-item measure that screens for a presence of a major depressive episode as well as assesses the severity of depressive symptomatology over a 2-week period.
次要结局
- mood- Likert-type question(Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention - 1 week follow-up)
- Confidence - Likert-type question(Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention - 1 week follow-up)
- 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire(Baseline - 1 week follow-up)
- Motivation - Likert-type question(Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention - 1 week follow-up)
- usefulness - Likert-type question(Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention)