OurRelationship.Com Effectiveness Study

NCT03332875 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 20140405
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 712
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose this study is to determine the continued reach and effectiveness of the OurRelationship.com program once paid advertising and payment for participation ceases. The answer to this question is essential to determining the sustainability of web-based interventions for couples. Specifically, this study has four aims:

1. 1.Examine continued level of initial interest in the study, as measured by number of initial visits to the website, time spent on the page, and number of couples signing up for the study.
2. 2.Measure any changes in the characteristics of the individuals expressing interest in the study, including demographics (e.g., race, ethnicity, education), relationship functioning (e.g., relationship satisfaction, previous help-seeking), and individual functioning (e.g., depression, anxiety)
3. 3.Determine completion rates and effectiveness of the program once payments for participation have been removed.
4. 4.Determine whether having a single Skype/phone call with a coach (rather than the four calls that were used in the NIH trial) significantly degrades completion rates.

Conditions

Marital Conflict; Relationship, Marital

Keywords

OurRelationship; Couple therapy; Internet; Marriage Counseling

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Relationship satisfaction

  Relationship satisfaction as measured by the Couple Satisfaction Inventory, 16-item (Funk \& Rogge, 2007; http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.21.4.572). Higher scores on this scale indicate greater satisfaction. Total scores range from 0 to 81, with a score below 51.5 indicating clinical distress. Internal consistency (alpha = 0.98) and convergent validity are strong.

  Change between baseline and the end of the intervention (approx. 2 months later)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Depressive symptoms

  Change between baseline and the end of the intervention (approx. 2 months later)

• Anxiety symptoms

  Change between baseline and the end of the intervention (approx. 2 months later)

Study Arms (2)

OurRelationship - 1 Coach Call

EXPERIMENTAL

OurRelationship online program plus a single call with a coach.

Behavioral: OurRelationship Online Program

OurRelationship - 4 Coach Calls

EXPERIMENTAL

OurRelationship online program plus four calls with a coach.

Behavioral: OurRelationship Online Program

Interventions

OurRelationship Online Program BEHAVIORAL

OurRelationship.com is an online program designed to improve distressed romantic relationships.

OurRelationship - 1 Coach Call; OurRelationship - 4 Coach Calls

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Currently in a heterosexual relationship
• Married, Engaged, or living with partner for 6 months or more
• Living in the United States
• Both partners score at least 0.5 standards below the community mean on relationship satisfaction

You may not qualify if:

• Clinically significant intimate partner violence
• Younger than 18 or older than 64 years of age
• Reporting infidelity in last three months
• Reporting severe suicidal ideation in last three months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Miami: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Roddy MK, Rothman K, Doss BD. A randomized controlled trial of different levels of coach support in an online intervention for relationship distress. Behav Res Ther. 2018 Nov;110:47-54. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.09.002. Epub 2018 Sep 13.

  PMID: 30240874 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Couples are randomized to receive either one call with a coach or four calls with a coach.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2017
• First Posted: November 6, 2017
• Study Start: June 15, 2014
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2015
• Study Completion: July 1, 2015
• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-11