Effect of Web-based Decision Aids on Preferences Shift

NCT05477420 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SBRE- 20-275
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 148
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goals of this study is to examine whether treatment preferences shift after receiving a clients' decision aids about psychotherapy in digital and in in-person format.

Conditions

Depression; Psychotherapies

Keywords

Depression; Online psychotherapies; psychotherapies; Decision aid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Decisional conflict

  The decisional conflict scale (DCS) SURE-test

  Immediately before and right after (within 10 mins) the completion of the intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Stage of decision making

  Immediately before and right after (within 10 mins) the completion of the intervention.

• Satisfaction with Decision (SWD) Scale

  Immediately before and right after (within 10 mins) the completion of the intervention.

• Perceived benefits and risks

  Immediately before and right after (within 10 mins) the completion of the intervention.

• Service Preference Identity

  Immediately before and right after (within 10 mins) the completion of the intervention.

Other Outcomes (1)

• Depressive symtoms

  Before intervention

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the experimental group will be expected use the decision aid developed in this study. They will be assessed at two different time points: (1) before intervention (T0) and (2) post-intervention (T1).

Other: Decision Aid

Attention control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group participants will be asked to search information related to "Depression" and "therapies for Depression" online. They will be assessed at two different time points: (1) at baseline (T0) and (2) after searching for information (T1).

Interventions

Decision Aid OTHER

Participants in the experimental group would be asked to use the decision aid developed by the study. The decision aid tool will ask participants their preferences on traditional face-to-face and online psychotherapies and how they rank different treatment attributes.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being 18 years of age or older;
• With at least mild to moderate depressive symptoms (defined as having a cut-off score of 10 or above based on the PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9)
• Being Chinese speaking

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Psychology

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression

Interventions

Decision Support Techniques

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2022
• First Posted: July 28, 2022
• Study Start: March 20, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 10, 2024
• Study Completion: December 20, 2024
• Last Updated: December 27, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Locations

HK (1)