The Impact of Playing Tetris on Migrants' Mental Health

Tilburg University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Depression Symptoms; Anxiety Symptoms; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Treatments: Behavioral: Tetris; Other: No intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06773338

TLS_RP1253

IC2024-1 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

305.6700 3614 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

300.6700 3613 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examines if playing Tetris prevents the development of Post-traumatic stress disorder or related anxiety and depressive symptoms. The investigators recruit 300 participants in total in Greece and in the Netherlands. The participants are immigrants who have applied for asylum at any point in the past. The participants are asked to answer three questionnaires (on Post-traumatic stress disorder, related anxiety and depressive symptoms, and post-migration living difficulties) on a recurring basis - once every 4 weeks, 12 times in total. Half of the participants (treatment group) are randomly selected to play Tetris after completing the questionnaires. Participants in the treatment group are instructed to play Tetris for at least 15 minutes while trying to remember bad things that recently happened to them. Tetris is administered at three instances and participants in the treatment group are encouraged to play Tetris in case of experiencing any traumatic events or having any intrusive memories during the course of the study.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Arabic-speaking immigrants of any gender who have applied for asylum in Greece or in the Netherlands, regardless of the outcome of their asylum application and their current residency status (rejected asylum seekers, recognized refugees, undocumented migrants).

Exclusion criteria

• Minors (under the age of 18).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment tetris group

Other group

Description:

Randomly selected participants who reply to mental health and migration-related difficulties questionnaires are asked to play Tetris during the research.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tetris

Control group

Other group

Description:

Randomly selected participants who reply to mental health and migration-related difficulties questionnaires, but do not play Tetris during the research.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention