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Mood Management Effects of Brief Unsupported Internet Interventions

NCT02748954 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 765

Last updated 2016-04-22

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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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Thoughts

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.

BEHAVIORAL

Activities.

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

Assertiveness.

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

Sleep hygiene

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

Own Methods

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • i4Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ricardo F Muñoz, Ph.D · Palo Alto University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

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