The Digital Wellbeing Project

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: immi

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05061966

849509

Details and patient eligibility

About

This goal of this randomized control trial is to test whether a web application that provides sexual and gender minority youth ages 13-19 (N=200) with tools for affirming their identities and coping with minority stress can affect key psychosocial outcomes, such as coping self-efficacy and symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Enrollment: 270 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Are between 13-19 years of age (inclusive)
2. Self-identify as a sexual or gender minority
3. Are English literate
4. Reside within the United States
5. Have access to a device that has internet access, a web browser, and SMS capabilities, such as a smartphone, computer, or tablet
6. Willingness to participate in study activities

Exclusion criteria

1. Not between 13-19 years of age (inclusive)
2. Does not self-identify as a sexual or gender minority
3. Is not English literate
4. Does not reside within the United States
5. Does not have access to a device that has internet access, a web browser, and SMS capabilities, such as a smartphone, computer, or tablet
6. Unwilling to participate in study activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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270 participants in 2 patient groups

Online Resource website

Active Comparator group

Description:

The comparator is a website that includes a list of freely available web-based resources for sexual and gender minority youth.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control

immi

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention is a novel and scalable web application designed to provide sexual and gender minority youth with tools for affirming their identity and coping with minority stress.

Treatment:

Behavioral: immi