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Efficacy of Guided and Unguided Online Self-help Psychological Intervention

NCT05160376 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2022-04-05

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Summary

This study will examine the efficacy of guided and unguided online transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for reducing anxiety and/or depression symptoms in Hong-kong residents. Numerous literature demonstrates online self-help interventions' efficacy on depression and anxiety. Nonetheless, existing research overlooks the mechanism of change, the online treatment outcome's potential predictors, and the effect of therapist's guidance on participants' treatment expectancy and its mediating effect on treatment outcome, which are essential to optimize intervention's efficacy.

96 Hong-kong residents, aged 18-65, with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression will be recruited. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either guided group (Group-1) or unguided group (Group-2) or waitlist control group (Group-3) in a 1:1:1 ratio. Group-1 will receive weekly manualized progress feedback from trained researchers under supervision, after each weekly treatment. Group-2 will not receive the aforementioned feedback. Group-1 and Group-2 will receive reminders on the 5th, 6th and 7th day if weekly treatment is not completed. All participants will complete baseline assessments before treatment, six weekly treatments (except Group-3), a post-treatment assessment immediately and four-week after treatment. Randomly selected participants will complete an individual interview after treatment. Feedback will be gathered through a phone call to improve the intervention in the future.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Self-help CBT with email reminder and text message

An online transdiagnostic self-help intervention that is delivered through an online mental health platform. Email reminder and text message will be sent to remind participant to complete the module

OTHER

Feedback calls on participants' progress

Feedback calls (approximately 15 minutes) on participants' progress from a clinical psychology trainee or an undergraduate trained psychology student under the supervision of a clinical psychology professor

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-24
Primary Completion
2022-03-26
Completion
2022-07-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Diseases

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