Global Controlled Trial on Effects of a Guided Online Self-Help Program for of Ambitious Altruists on Their Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Productivity
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to compare different versions of a 16-week online self-help program in terms of their effect on self-assessed mental health, well-being, and productivity. The versions differ in their intensity (standard, low) and type (buddy, group) of guidance, the applied psychotherapeutic approaches taught (IFS, CBT). We expect to recruit a sample of ~150 ambitious altruists and have them self-select into the four program versions. Participants take part in surveys before, at weeks 8, 12, and 16 to self-assess their productivity, mental health burden, quality of life, and other risk and protection factors. Weekly screenings will provide data on objective and subjective success components such as participant engagement, working alliance, and treatment adherence, which will be correlated with primary and secondary outcomes.
详细描述
Aim:
This study aims to compare different versions of an online self-help program in terms of their effect on self-assessed mental health, well-being, and productivity. The goal is to find out if a version might be more effective or similarly effective but less costly than the original one.
Control groups:
The original program version is an 8-week course with weekly guided group sessions of 2 hours: Third Wave CBT methods are taught by a workbook and practised in between the sessions. The pre-post results, on 42 ambitious altruists, showed significant moderate effects on all scales after week 12. In this study, we aim to compare the effects of the original version with 1. one using a buddy instead of the group format, 2. one using less guidance (3 instead of 9 group sessions), and 3. one using Internal Family Systems instead of Third Wave CBT. Instead of 8 weeks, we spaced out the same amount of sessions for the program after week 6, so that the last follow-up session will take place for everyone at week 16 now.
Sample:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 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
- •Exclusion Criteria:
- •average of self-assessed sociality negative
- •people in acute crisis (they confirm and sign to not be in such a state)
- •people who self-report not to be ambitiously altruistic, i.g., not involved in the effective altruism community, or working on or planning to work on something impactful that might help others.
排除标准
- •average of self-assessed sociality negative
- •people in acute crisis (they confirm and sign to not be in such a state)
- •people who self-report not to be ambitiously altruistic, i.g., not involved in the effective altruism community, or working on or planning to work on something impactful that might help others.
结局指标
主要结局
Productivity
时间窗: Week 0, 8, 12, 16
by WPAI:GH: Work Productivity \& Activity Impairment Questionnaire. The item values will be merged into one scale by turning each into a z-score while higher numbers will mean a higher productivity, and then calculating the average.
Mental health burden
时间窗: Week 0, 8, 12, 16
symptoms of interpersonal sensitivity, and executive dysfunction by BSI, of depressiveness and anxiety by GAD7 \& PHQ8. The scores will be merged into one by turning each of the 4 scales into a z-score while higher numbers will mean a larger burden, and then calculating the average.
Wellbeing
时间窗: Week 0, 8, 12, 16
psychological, social and emotional functioning as well as quality of life by WHOQOL-BREF, MHC-SF ONS-4 LS. The scores will be merged into one by turning each of the scales into a z-score while higher numbers will mean a higher wellbeing, and then calculating the average.
次要结局
- Self-esteem(Week 0, 8, 12, 16)
- Program dropout(Week 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16)
- Connection/will to do good(Week 0, 8, 12, 16)
- Weekly engagement(Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16)
- Loneliness(Week 0, 8, 12, 16)