Translation and Development of an Online Self-help Intervention With Subsequent Feasibility Study (KEN)

Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Treatment Satisfaction

Treatments: Behavioral: self-help program; Behavioral: therapeutic feedback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02671929

RK-91809

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of an internet-based self help program concerning satisfaction with the treatment and their life, depression and anxiety. Both study groups get access to the internet-based self-help program. The intervention group receives additional feedback to their progress in the program from an online therapist. The investigators hypothesize that (1) at least 75% of the patients in the intervention group are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the self-help program, (2) 50% of the patients in the intervention group work with all eight units and (3) patients of the intervention group have a higher emotional competence than the patients of the control group at the end of the self-help program.

Enrollment: 83 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• day care/ inpatient treatment in the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
• minimum age of 18 years
• private internet access
• e-mail address

Exclusion criteria

• acute suicidality
• psychosis
• current alcohol or drug addiction
• life time diagnosis of a schizophrenic, schizoaffective, bipolar or organic psychic disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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83 participants in 2 patient groups

self-help program + feedback

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this arm receive access to the internet-based self-help program and get feedback on their progress in the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: therapeutic feedback

Behavioral: self-help program

self-help program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this arm receive access to the internet-based self-help program and don't get any therapeutic feedback

Treatment:

Behavioral: self-help program