Single-Session Web-Based Training in Self-Compassion

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Compassionate Care; Behavioral: Relaxing with Nature

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05715034

2000033574

Details and patient eligibility

About

Two-arm, parallel group randomized clinical trial conducted via Mturk comparing a single-session web-based intervention called Compassionate Care versus a control intervention (nature videos with relaxing music) for adults with moderate-to-severe stress, depression and/or anxiety symptoms.

Full description

Procedures include completing: (1) pre-intervention baseline assessment; (2) one of two single-session web-based intervention (approximately 30 to 45 minutes each); (3) a brief post-intervention survey; and (4) a 2-week follow-up assessment.

Enrollment: 365 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older

• Fluent in English

• At least moderate stress, anxiety and/or depressive symptoms, as indicated by a score of:

  14 or higher on the PSS-10, and/or 10 or higher on the GAD-7, and/or 10 or higher on the PHQ-9

Exclusion criteria

• Fail to meet above-listed inclusion criteria
• Do not pass attention/data quality checks in initial screening or study assessments, including:
• Obvious lack of English fluency in open response questions
• Responding with random text in open response questions
• Respond with either copy/pasted responses from text earlier in the intervention to any of free response questions
• Participants with a completion time less than an average of 1.5 seconds per question for the baseline survey assessment OR who fail all three attention check questions in the baseline survey, indicating very careless, random, inattentive and/or hasty responding
• Exit the study prior to condition randomization

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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365 participants in 2 patient groups

Compassionate Care

Experimental group

Description:

Single-session, self-guided web-based intervention (\~45 minutes) hosted on Qualtrics with animated videos, audio-guided exercises, graphics, text-based material, and interactive questions. This intervention is designed to teach participants about mindfulness and self-compassion.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Compassionate Care

Relaxing with Nature

Active Comparator group

Description:

Single-session self-guided web-based intervention (\~30 to 45 minutes) hosted on Qualtrics with videos (real-life images), text-based material, and questions. Each video includes a sequence of pleasant nature photos (shown about 6 seconds each) with relaxing music in the background.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Relaxing with Nature