Mood Management Effects of Brief Unsupported Internet Interventions

NCT02748954 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 14-009- H
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 765
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The main goal of this study was to compare the effect of a one-session unsupported Internet intervention on participants' clinical symptoms (depressive and anxiety symptoms) and related variables (mood, confidence and motivation).

Conditions

Mood

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke & Spitzer, 2002) scores

  Which is a widely used 10-item measure that screens for a presence of a major depressive episode as well as assesses the severity of depressive symptomatology over a 2-week period.

  Baseline - 1 week follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• mood- Likert-type question

  Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention - 1 week follow-up

• Motivation - Likert-type question

  Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention - 1 week follow-up

• Confidence - Likert-type question

  Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention - 1 week follow-up

• usefulness - Likert-type question

  Baseline - 10 minutes after the intervention

• 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire

  Baseline - 1 week follow-up

Study Arms (5)

Thoughts.

EXPERIMENTAL

Increasing helpful thoughts consisted of two psychoeducational segments (i.e., thoughts affect emotions, and how to manage harmful thoughts), and a list of "helpful thoughts" that participants could choose to use to increase their mood for the next week

Behavioral: Thoughts

Activities.

EXPERIMENTAL

Increasing activity level included a brief description of how activities affect mood. Participants were then asked to choose the activities they could use to improve their mood from an available list of "helpful activities"; users were also able to generate their own helpful activities. Participants were also presented with examples of unhelpful activities such as staying in bed and being isolated.

Behavioral: Activities.

Assertiveness

EXPERIMENTAL

Increasing assertiveness, consisting of tips for communicating assertively, and an example of an assertive statement. Participants were asked to describe a recent conflict and apply the intervention's assertiveness techniques to address the conflict

Behavioral: Assertiveness.

Sleep hygiene

EXPERIMENTAL

Increasing sleep hygiene included a description on how sleep can affect mood. Participants were also asked to select from a list of helpful sleep hygiene suggestions to be practiced within the next week such as, "Don't take naps during the day" and "Use the bed/bedroom for sleep or sex only".

Behavioral: Sleep hygiene

Own Methods

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

wherein participants were asked to identify four of their own personal strategies that have helped them improve their mood in the past.

Behavioral: Own Methods

Interventions

Thoughts BEHAVIORAL

Thoughts. Increasing helpful thoughts consisted of two psychoeducational segments (i.e., thoughts affect emotions, and how to manage harmful thoughts), and a list of "helpful thoughts" that participants could choose to use to increase their mood for the next week.

Thoughts.

Activities. BEHAVIORAL

Increasing activity level included a brief description of how activities affect mood. Participants were then asked to choose the activities they could use to improve their mood from an available list of "helpful activities"; users were also able to generate their own helpful activities. Participants were also presented with examples of unhelpful activities such as staying in bed and being isolated

Activities.

Assertiveness. BEHAVIORAL

Increasing assertiveness, consisting of tips for communicating assertively, and an example of an assertive statement. Participants were asked to describe a recent conflict and apply the intervention's assertiveness techniques to address the conflict.

Assertiveness

Sleep hygiene BEHAVIORAL

Increasing sleep hygiene included a description on how sleep can affect mood. Participants were also asked to select from a list of helpful sleep hygiene suggestions to be practiced within the next week such as, "Don't take naps during the day" and "Use the bed/bedroom for sleep or sex only".

Sleep hygiene

Own Methods BEHAVIORAL

wherein participants were asked to identify four of their own personal strategies that have helped them improve their mood in the past.

Own Methods

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- most be U.S. citizens

You may not qualify if:

• \- non-U.S. residents

Sponsors & Collaborators

• i4Health: lead

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Ricardo F Muñoz, Ph.D

  Palo Alto University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 12, 2016
• First Posted: April 22, 2016
• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: April 22, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share