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An Internet-based Program for Prevention and Early Intervention of Adolescent Depression

NCT02780232 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2018-05-31

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Summary

Major depression is a highly prevalent and severe mental disease. Interventions based on information and communication technologies (ICTs) generate innovative opportunities to prevent and to intervene early the depression in adolescents. In Colombia, there are few preventive mental health interventions scientifically oriented and seeking to demonstrate efficacy in context.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an internet-based program is effective to prevent and to intervene early the depression in adolescents between 13 and 19 years of age in 8 schools of the Antioquia Region, Colombia .

Study design: A cluster-randomized clinical trial will be carried out with 600 adolescents. The efficacy, adherence, and acceptability of the internet-based program will be evaluated. A single-blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted with two arms, the intervention arm (n=300), which will receive an internet-based program for depression, and the TAU (Treatment As Usual) arm (n=300).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cuida tu animo / Care for your mood

CUIDA TU ÁNIMO is an online program to adolescents that provides information, education and support related to the care of the mood. Adolescents interact with the program via a monitoring e-mail that they receive every two weeks (Monitoring) and a website which allows them to access a number of links. The website have the following modules: 1. What is 'CUIDA TU ÁNIMO': Description and definition of the program 2. Psycho-educational information: Information about depression, its treatment, and opportunities for prevention 3. How is your mood? (Monitoring): a) Online assessment of symptoms every two weeks during three months with the PHQ-3. b) Feedback 4. Forums. 5. Blog. 6. Appointment (Chat or Phone call). 7. Contact.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (COLCIENCIAS)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Universidad de Antioquia

    collaborator OTHER

  • MIDAP Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • CES University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Espinosa, MA · CES University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-11
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • Colombia

Study Locations

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