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Effectiveness of a Waitlist App "Stappvoorstap" During Mental Healthcare Waiting Times

NCT07391072 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2026-02-05

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Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of Stappvoorstap, a mobile self-management application designed for adults on mental health waiting lists in the Netherlands. The app helps users monitor daily stress levels, recognize personal stress patterns, and provides coping strategies, relaxation exercises, and supportive resources. Using a multiple baseline single-case experimental design, participants use the app for 4 weeks while completing weekly questionnaires measuring perceived stress, coping self-efficacy, and quality of life. The study aims to determine whether the app can reduce stress and improve wellbeing during the waiting period before mental healthcare treatment begins.

Conditions

  • Psychological Stress
  • Coping Ability
  • Mental Health
  • Quality of Life
  • Coping Skills

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Stappvoorstap: mobile self-management waitlist intervention

Stappvoorstap is a free mobile self-management application developed in co-creation with mental health waitlist clients. The app measures daily stress levels 2-4 times per day through short questionnaires, creates visual overviews of personal stress patterns on daily and weekly scales, provides real-time coping suggestions, offers mindfulness and relaxation exercises (breathing exercises, meditation, nature sounds, calming music), and includes informational articles and personal experience stories.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Leiden University Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • GGZ Centraal

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-17
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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