Randomised Controlled Trial of an Existing Online Support Group for Depression and Anxiety
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 入组人数
- 1,000
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of online support groups for anxiety and depression.
详细描述
In recent years the number of online support groups for conditions like depression and anxiety has grown rapidly. Millions of people are thought to be using them around the world. This research aims to help find out whether the use of online support groups is beneficial and to learn more about what happens in these groups.
This research will compare online support groups with expressive writing. Expressive writing involves people writing about their thoughts and feelings, often upsetting ones, for a short period of time. In online support groups giving and receiving support from others can be helpful while expressive writing about emotional issues can be cathartic.
1,000 participants will be recruited online from the UK, USA and Canada and randomly assigned to either an existing online support group or to an expressive writing condition.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 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
- •Self-defined depression & anxiety
- •Resident in the UK, US or Canada
- •Access to the internet
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Expressive writing
干预措施: Expressive writing (Behavioral)
Online support group
干预措施: Online support group (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale
时间窗: Zero, three and six months
次要结局
- Satisfaction with Life Scale(Zero, three and six months)
- The Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey(Zero, three and six months)
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment(Zero, three and six months)
- The Illness perception questionnaire(Zero, three and six months)