Image Narrative With College Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression, Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Image Narrative

• Registration Number: NCT04759313
• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah

Brief Summary

The PI developed the Image Narrative Intervention (INI) based on the research using visual images in which visual images and narratives were found to support trauma survivors in narrating their experiences and in meaning making. The proposed study is the first study to test the therapeutic effect of the INI program. The investigators propose to assess, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the feasibility and preliminary effect of the INI through a pilot randomized control trial (RCT) design with a wait list control.

Detailed Description

AIM 1. To understand the unique experiences of emerging adult college students during the Covid-19 pandemic (especially around the themes of the self, relationships with others, and the future).

AIM 2. To evaluate the feasibility of the INI for emerging adult college students during the Covid-19 pandemic, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

AIM 3. To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the INI on distress, PTG, Quality of Life and Meaning-Making.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-12
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-18
• Study Start: 2021-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-28
• Study Completion: 2022-02-28
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-29 in age
• college students at the University of Utah
• reporting moderate or higher levels of distress in DASS21

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Imagenarrative treatment group	Image Narrative	INI Sessions: Each participant will take part in a 5-week program of weekly 1-hour telehealth sessions with the PI or a social work PhD student facilitator trained in the INI by the PI.
Wait List Control Group	Image Narrative	In weeks 6 through 10, the same program will be delivered to the wait list control group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
DASS (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) 21	change through study completion, an average of 3 months	measuring distress, 0-63, higher is worse
PTGI (posttraumatic growth index)	change through study completion, an average of 3 months	measuring posttraumatic growth, 0-105, higher is better
MLQ (meaning in life)	change through study completion, an average of 3 months	measuring meaning making, 0-70, higher is better
WHOQOL (WHO quality of life)-bref	change through study completion, an average of 3 months	measuring quality of life, 0-100, higher is better

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Utah; 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States