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Mental Health Pathways in Internet Support Groups

NCT02396472 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6500

Last updated 2021-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People facing serious health threats increasingly use Internet health support communities to obtain informational support, emotional support and other resources. This study introduces software algorithms similar to those used by social media sites to put people in touch with helpful information and social interactions. Participants from the American Cancer Society's Cancer Support Network will have access to this online support group using the default interface that orders content by broad content category and date or with a new interface that highlights communication content and people that match users' interests and needs.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Order by time and topic

BEHAVIORAL

Order by information relevance

BEHAVIORAL

Order by social relationship

BEHAVIORAL

Order by help giving

BEHAVIORAL

Order by self-disclosure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • American Cancer Society, Inc.

    collaborator OTHER

  • Carnegie Mellon University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert E Kraut, PhD · Carnegie Mellon University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-08-16
Completion
2019-08-16

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases
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