Brief Video Interventions for Depression

NCT ID: NCT04643964

Last Updated: 2024-05-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 655 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-11-17
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-05

Brief Summary

In this study, we test brief video interventions for those with elevated depressive symptoms. We randomize participants to one of three conditions. (1) An entrée condition involving in-depth coverage a set of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills. (2) A sampler condition which introduces three sets of CBT skills. (3) A control condition involving no skills. Among those in the entrée condition, participants are further randomized to one of three CBT skills. We plan on two sets of primary comparisons. First, we will compare the effects of each form of video intervention (i.e., entrée and sampler) to the control condition. Second, we will compare the entrée and sampler conditions. We will recruit participants from Amazon's Mechanical Turk program (MTurk). In the intervention conditions, participants will be asked to watch several videos and practice skills using worksheets. They will also be asked to practice skills introduced in the videos in the week following the intervention. In the control condition, participants will not watch videos. One week after the intervention, all participants will respond to a follow-up assessment.

Detailed Description

Access to the study will be provided via the MTurk website. Study measures and interventions will be provided via Qualtrics. To determine eligibility, participants will be asked to fill out a pre-screening measure of depressive symptoms, the Personal Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Those who score 10 or higher will be eligible. After consenting to participate, participants will fill out baseline measures, be randomly assigned to a condition, participate in any condition related procedures, and then respond to a follow-up assessment one week later.

Each brief intervention consists of watching a series of videos. After each video, participants in the intervention conditions will be prompted to answer a series of questions to practice the skills explained in the videos. For the entrée and sampler conditions, watching all videos and filling out any worksheets that are part of the initial intervention is expected to take approximately 30 minutes.

Participants in the entrée and sampler conditions will be asked to work on a coping skills worksheet over the next seven days (estimated to involve about 10 minutes of work). Participants will receive an email seven days after participating in the brief intervention, asking them to take part in the following portion of the study. Before beginning the follow-up activity, participants in the intervention conditions will be asked to upload the coping skills worksheet they worked on. All participants will be asked to respond to follow-up assessment measures at this point.

Conditions

Depressive Symptoms

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Entrée: Cognitive Skills

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Entrée: Cognitive skills

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering cognitive emotion regulation skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice identifying and evaluating their own thoughts using an intervention worksheet. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to use the intervention skills.

Entrée: Behavioral Skills

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Entrée: Behavioral skills

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering behavioral emotion regulation skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice scheduling activities that might give them a sense of pleasure or accomplishment using an intervention worksheet. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to schedule and engage in behaviors in line with the intervention skills.

Entrée: Interpersonal Skills

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Entrée: Interpersonal skills

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering interpersonal emotion regulation skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice communicating effectively using an intervention worksheet. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to use the intervention skills.

Sampler Skills

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Sampler skills

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering three emotion regulation skills: cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice using skills using intervention worksheets. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to use the intervention skills.

Control

Participants are not given videos to watch until their involvement in the study ends.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Entrée: Cognitive skills

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering cognitive emotion regulation skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice identifying and evaluating their own thoughts using an intervention worksheet. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to use the intervention skills.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Entrée: Behavioral skills

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering behavioral emotion regulation skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice scheduling activities that might give them a sense of pleasure or accomplishment using an intervention worksheet. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to schedule and engage in behaviors in line with the intervention skills.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Entrée: Interpersonal skills

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering interpersonal emotion regulation skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice communicating effectively using an intervention worksheet. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to use the intervention skills.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Sampler skills

In this condition, participants view a video-based intervention covering three emotion regulation skills: cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal skills. This intervention asks participants to respond to questions and practice using skills using intervention worksheets. One week after the intervention, participants are asked to upload a worksheet showing their efforts to use the intervention skills.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Score above 10 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9
• Are 18 years of age or older

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Ohio State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Daniel R. Strunk

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Daniel R Strunk, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ohio State University

Locations

Department of Psychology

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

2020B0326

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id