A Mobile Phone Self-Monitoring Tool to Increase Emotional Self-Awareness and Reduce Depression in Young People
mobiletype
A Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating a Mobile Phone Self-monitoring Tool (Mobiletype) to Increase Emotional Self-awareness and Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Young People.
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Brief Summary
The mobiletype program is a mental health assessment and monitoring tool that runs on mobile phones. The program assesses the general mental health of young people in real-time and transmits this data to a website to be reviewed by their general practitioner (GP) in consultation with their patient. The website consists of individualised feedback reports for each participant, and graphical displays of the monitoring data. The primary aims of the current project are to examine: (1) whether the process of self-monitoring via the mobiletype program increases young people's awareness of their mood and reduces depressive symptoms and (2) whether emotional self-awareness mediates the relationship between self-monitoring and depressive symptoms.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable depression
Started Apr 2009
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 19, 2008
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 20, 2008
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2011
CompletedJuly 19, 2023
July 1, 2023
1.8 years
November 19, 2008
July 17, 2023
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Depressive symptoms
Pre-, post-monitoring, 6-week follow up & 6 month follow-up
Emotional Self Awareness
Pre-, post-, 6-weeks post- and 6-months post-test
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Detection of mental health problems
Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up
Pathways to care
Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up
Patient's satisfaction with their GP
Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up
Study Arms (2)
Mood monitoring
EXPERIMENTALThe mobiletype monitoring intervention group will monitor their current activities, current mood, responses to negative mood, any recent stressors and coping strategies. Other activities monitored include eating patterns, exercise patterns, quantity and quality of sleep and alcohol and cannabis use.
Comparison monitoring program
NO INTERVENTIONThe mobiletype monitoring comparison group will monitor their current activities, eating patterns, exercise patterns, quantity and quality of sleep and alcohol and cannabis use. This program excludes questions about mood, stress and coping strategies.
Interventions
A mobile phone self-monitoring program, based on momentary sampling techniques, that prompts young people to complete it four times a day. The program asks several questions about daily activities, mood, stress, eating and exercise.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Aged 14 - 24 years of age
- Proficient English
- Patients must be deemed to have an emotional/mental health concern by their GP or be screened to have at least a mild mental health problem (a score of 16 or above) on the K10 Symptom Scale
You may not qualify if:
- Severe psychiatric or medical condition that prevents the person from complying with either the requirements of informed consent or the study protocol.
- Young people referred to a mental health specialist by their GP will be excluded only if they obtain a specialist appointment during the mobiletype study period (2 - 4 weeks).
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Clifton Hill Medical Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, 3068, Australia
Related Publications (3)
Reid SC, Kauer SD, Hearps SJ, Crooke AH, Khor AS, Sanci LA, Patton GC. A mobile phone application for the assessment and management of youth mental health problems in primary care: health service outcomes from a randomised controlled trial of mobiletype. BMC Fam Pract. 2013 Jun 19;14:84. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-84.
PMID: 23782796DERIVEDKauer SD, Reid SC, Crooke AH, Khor A, Hearps SJ, Jorm AF, Sanci L, Patton G. Self-monitoring using mobile phones in the early stages of adolescent depression: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2012 Jun 25;14(3):e67. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1858.
PMID: 22732135DERIVEDReid SC, Kauer SD, Hearps SJ, Crooke AH, Khor AS, Sanci LA, Patton GC. A mobile phone application for the assessment and management of youth mental health problems in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2011 Nov 29;12:131. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-131.
PMID: 22123031DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sylvia D Kauer, BBSci(Hons)
Murdoch Childrens Research Instititue
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sophie C Reid, PhD,MPsych
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- TRIPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 19, 2008
First Posted
November 20, 2008
Study Start
April 1, 2009
Primary Completion
January 1, 2011
Study Completion
January 1, 2011
Last Updated
July 19, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-07