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An Online Intervention Targeting Depression and Low Reward Sensitivity

NCT05402150 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 224

Last updated 2023-10-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of different online interventions targeting reward sensitivity and depressive symptoms. We hypothesize that behavioral activation, a mindfulness and gratitude intervention, as well as a combination of both, will significantly reduce depressive symptoms and increase reward sensitivity, compared to the waitlist group. In addition, we assume that behavioral activation will have an increased effect on reward sensitivity compared to the mindfulness and gratitude intervention.

The investigators will further investigate factors influencing treatment success in another paper based on data of this study (see secondary and other pre-specified outcome measures).

Conditions

  • Depression Mild
  • Depression Moderate

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Activation

* instruction to create a list of individual positive activities. * instruction to include daily positive activities and fill out a mood protocol, which covers the time period shortly before, during and after the activity.

BEHAVIORAL

Mindulness and Gratitude

* instruction to fill out a mindfulness diary: reflection of daily pleasant situation, instructing the participants to revisit the impressions of their 5 senses during this situation, in addition they should specify how long they have actually dealt with these pleasant impressions of the situation they reflected upon * instruction to do a gratitude exercise and name one or more things they are generally grateful for each day.

BEHAVIORAL

Combination of Behavioral Activation and Mindfulness and Gratitude

This group will do a combination of the two intervention types.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philipps University Marburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winfried Rief, Prof. Dr. · Dept. of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-30
Primary Completion
2023-05-15
Completion
2023-09-15

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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