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Promotion of Self-help Strategies for Depression

NCT ID: NCT01399502

Last Updated: 2013-12-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

1736 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-11-30

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of health promotion emails for depression. It is hypothesised that emails containing self-help advice will improve depression symptoms more than emails containing information about depression.

Detailed Description

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Depression symptoms are commonly experienced and disrupt day-to-day life. Increasing depression literacy and the use of effective self-help methods could improve depression across the community. The internet is an ideal promotional medium for health messages, because it is often used to search for information about mental health issues, and health messages can be widely disseminated at little cost. An email campaign could be a low-cost approach to improving self-help behavior and knowledge about depression in adults with depression symptoms.

Conditions

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Depressive Disorder Depression

Keywords

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Depression Self Care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Self-help advice

Each email will contain a self-help strategy for coping with depressive symptoms. The email will contain information about why the strategy will be effective, tips for implementing the strategy and overcoming barriers, and how to set a goal to implement the strategy. Strategies are based on previous research published by the trial co-ordinators.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mood Memo emails

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive 12 emails over 6 weeks.

Depression information

Each email will contain different information about depression, such as symptoms, risk factors, prevalence.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Mood Memo emails

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive 12 emails over 6 weeks.

Interventions

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Mood Memo emails

Participants will receive 12 emails over 6 weeks.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Access to the internet at least once per week
* Resident of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Melbourne

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sidney Myer Fund

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Orygen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Amy Morgan

PhD candidate

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anthony F Jorm, PhD, DSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, The University of Melbourne

Andrew J Mackinnon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, The University of Melbourne

Locations

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Orygen Youth Health Research Centre

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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Australia

References

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Morgan AJ, Jorm AF, Mackinnon AJ. Self-Help for Depression via E-mail: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Effects on Depression and Self-Help Behaviour. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 21;8(6):e66537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066537. Print 2013.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23805231 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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0931313

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id