OurRelationship.Com Effectiveness Study

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Marital Conflict; Relationship, Marital

Treatments: Behavioral: OurRelationship Online Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03332875

20140405

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose this study is to determine the continued reach and effectiveness of the OurRelationship.com program once paid advertising and payment for participation ceases. The answer to this question is essential to determining the sustainability of web-based interventions for couples. Specifically, this study has four aims:

1. Examine continued level of initial interest in the study, as measured by number of initial visits to the website, time spent on the page, and number of couples signing up for the study.
2. Measure any changes in the characteristics of the individuals expressing interest in the study, including demographics (e.g., race, ethnicity, education), relationship functioning (e.g., relationship satisfaction, previous help-seeking), and individual functioning (e.g., depression, anxiety)
3. Determine completion rates and effectiveness of the program once payments for participation have been removed.
4. Determine whether having a single Skype/phone call with a coach (rather than the four calls that were used in the NIH trial) significantly degrades completion rates.

Enrollment: 712 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently in a heterosexual relationship
• Married, Engaged, or living with partner for 6 months or more
• Living in the United States
• Both partners score at least 0.5 standards below the community mean on relationship satisfaction

Exclusion criteria

• Clinically significant intimate partner violence
• Younger than 18 or older than 64 years of age
• Reporting infidelity in last three months
• Reporting severe suicidal ideation in last three months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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712 participants in 2 patient groups

OurRelationship - 1 Coach Call

Experimental group

Description:

OurRelationship online program plus a single call with a coach.

Treatment:

Behavioral: OurRelationship Online Program

OurRelationship - 4 Coach Calls

Experimental group

Description:

OurRelationship online program plus four calls with a coach.

Treatment:

Behavioral: OurRelationship Online Program