Evaluation of a Website to Improve Depression Literacy in Adoldescents
Evaluating the Efficacy and the Acceptability of the Website "Ich Bin Alles" to Improve Depression Literacy in Adolescents
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Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the website "ich bin alles" (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) to improve depression literacy (knowledge about depression, which aid the recognition, treatment or prevention of depression) in healthy adolescents. The investigators will examine whether the website improves depression literacy in healthy adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. The investigators will also assess the acceptability of the website among adolescents.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2021
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 4, 2021
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 10, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 29, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 2, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 2, 2022
CompletedJuly 27, 2022
July 1, 2022
1.3 years
March 10, 2022
July 26, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Depression Literacy - Strategies for promoting mental health
This self-designed questionnaire is a self-report inventory to assess knowledge of strategies for promoting mental health (exercise, dealing with problems and stress, positive attitude, postive activities and social contacts; 27 items), with higher scores indicating more knowledge of strategies for promoting mental health. Participants will complete this self-designed questionnaire at pre-test, post-test and the two follow-ups to determine change in knowledge of strategies for promoting mental health.
Pre-Test, Post-Test (within 2 hours), Follow-Up 1 (Week 2), Follow-Up 2 (Week 4)
Depression Literacy - Depression as psychiatric disorder
This self-designed questionnaire is a self-report inventory to assess knowledge of depression as psychiatric disorder (frequency and comorbidities, treatment, symptoms, causes and course of depression; 27 items), with higher scores indicating more knowledge of depression as psychiatric disorder. Participants will complete this self-designed questionnaire at pre-test, post-test and the two follow-ups to determine change in knowledge of depression as psychiatric disorder
Pre-Test, Post-Test (within 2 hours), Follow-Up 1 (Week 2), Follow-Up 2 (Week 4)
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Visual Aesthetics of Websites Inventory Short Version (VisAWI-S)
Post-Test (within 2 hours)
Overall reception of the website
Post-Test (within 2 hours)
Study Arms (2)
Intervention Group 1 - Strategies for promoting mental health
EXPERIMENTALExposure to information about strategies for promoting mental health
Intervention Group 2 - General information about depression
EXPERIMENTALExposure to general information about depression
Interventions
Before starting the intervention, the participants are told that they will be shown parts of a website about depression. The participants are instructed to carefully attend to the website (e.g., to read the text precisely, to hear attentively to the podcasts and images on the website). The time window spent for the reception of each part of the website are fixed. The participants in this intervention group will only be shown parts of the website regarding strategies for promoting mental health
Before starting the intervention, the participants are told that they will be shown parts of a website about depression. The participants are instructed to carefully attend to the website (e.g., to read the text precisely, to hear attentively to the podcasts and to view carefully the videos and images on the website). The time window spent for the reception of each part of the website are fixed. The participants in this intervention group will only be shown parts of the website regarding general information about depression
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- \- Intelligence quotient (IQ) of ≥ 80
You may not qualify if:
- Current diagnosis of a mental disorder
- Remitted depressive disorder
- Insufficient knowledge of German
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich
Munich, Bavaria, 80336, Germany
Related Publications (1)
Kloek MWH, Zsigo C, Primbs R, Iglhaut L, Kaubisch S, Piechaczek CE, Keim PM, Feldmann L, Schulte-Korne G, Greimel E. Improving adolescents' knowledge about mental health and depression: a randomized experimental study of web-based information. Front Digit Health. 2025 Nov 18;7:1640366. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1640366. eCollection 2025.
PMID: 41341464DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Gerd Schulte-Körne, Professor
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Masking Details
- Participants are not aware of the assigned intervention group
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 10, 2022
First Posted
March 29, 2022
Study Start
January 4, 2021
Primary Completion
May 2, 2022
Study Completion
May 2, 2022
Last Updated
July 27, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
Data in our study contains sensitive patient information, such as sociodemographic information and comorbidities. Since patients could possibly be identified by making our raw data publicly available, ethical principles of protecting patient confidentiality would be breached. Aggregated group data can be made available upon request.