Internet-based Self-help for Negative Life Events (ZIEL)

University of Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adjustment Disorders

Treatments: Other: Internet-based self-help program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03379155

ZIEL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate the efficacy of an internet-based self-help intervention for dealing with stressful life events.

Full description

The purpose of the study is to investigate the efficacy of an internet-based self-help intervention for dealing with stressful life events compared to a waiting list, in a randomized controlled trial design. Assessments are at baseline, 4-week and 3 months post-randomization. After 4 weeks, participants in the waiting control group get also access to the intervention.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Negative life event in a period between two weeks and two years before the study
• Internet account
• Sufficient German language skills
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Persons with moderate or severe depressive symptoms
• Acute suicidality
• Psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder
• Severe, acute mental or physical disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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98 participants in 2 patient groups

Active Group

Experimental group

Description:

Internet-based self-help

Treatment:

Other: Internet-based self-help program

Waiting List Group

No Intervention group