Development and Feasibility of a Metaverse-based Blended Online Intervention to Prevent Employees' Depression

Ewha Womans University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression and Suicide Ideation

Treatments: Behavioral: metaverse-based blended online intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06426342

Mindguide_Employee

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this feasibility study is to develop a new metaverse-based blended online intervention using an online program and coaching via metaverse to prevent depression among Generation MZ Employees in South Korea. In addition, this study primarily explores reach and acceptability and secondarily evaluates the preliminary effectiveness of this preventive intervention on Korea's Gen MZ Employees.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 42 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Generation MZ Employees of South Korea who are aged between 20 and 42; Millennials were born between 1981 to 1996, and Generation Zs were born between 1997 to 2004

Exclusion criteria

• 1. being unemployed or having less than 1 year job experience,
• 2. having mental disorders such as schizophrenia or substance abuse (as this is a preventive intervention) and currently attending other mental health therapy to avoid mixing effects.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 1 patient group

Mindguide_employee

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: metaverse-based blended online intervention