Study Protocol for a Smartphone Application-based Intervention for Subthreshold Depression

Kibi International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Subthreshold Depression

Treatments: Device: Smartphone Application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04136041

19-33

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators plan to conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine whether a Smartphone-based Intervention improves subthreshold depression symptoms compared to no intervention.

The purpose of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to investigate the feasibility of the final randomized controlled trial.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 Years and older
• Males and females
• Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score ≥16
• Written informed consent prior to participation
• Owns a smartphone with the iOS® operating system

Exclusion criteria

• Lifetime history of psychiatric disorders
• Currently receiving treatment for a mental health problem from a mental health professional
• Experience of a major depressive episode in the 2 weeks prior to the study, as ascertained using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview
• Vision or hearing deficits that negatively impact everyday life

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Smartphone Application

Experimental group

Description:

Participants watch a video using the Smartphone Application displaying positive word stimuli.

Treatment:

Device: Smartphone Application

No Intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

No Intervention.