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The Efficacy of a Mobile Application for Treating Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

NCT03032952 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 168

Last updated 2017-01-26

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Summary

This was a 12-week, parallel randomised controlled trial, including a 6-week follow-up. The trial compared a group of university students (N = 84) receiving a mobile CBT application intervention ("Feel Stress Free") to a wait-list control group (N = 84) receiving no intervention. Participants were asked to complete the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at baseline (as part of the screening questionnaire) and then fortnightly for the 12 weeks. Although blinding was not possible owing to the nature of a wait list control group, researchers did not have any face-to-face contact with the participants, as recruitment and participation in the study was entirely completed online.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

"Feel Stress Free" mobile application

This online and mobile application uses relaxation techniques, thought challenging, mini-games and mood tracking to help reduce feelings of stress, anxiety and depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Roehampton

    collaborator OTHER

  • University College, London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andres Fonseca, MBBS, MSc · University College, London

  • Tayla L McCloud, MSc · University College, London

  • Elias Tsakanikos, PhD · University of Roehampton

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

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