The Effectiveness of the "MINDLiNG" Digital Mental Health Intervention

NCT ID: NCT06166693

Last Updated: 2023-12-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-23

Study Completion Date

2023-05-31

Brief Summary

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A study in South Korea assessed the effectiveness of the "MINDLiNG" digital mental healthcare program, targeting maladaptive personality traits, and found significant improvements in reducing stress, perfectionism, loneliness, and anxiety, while increasing self-esteem among participants. The study highlights the potential of digital solutions to address the high demand for mental healthcare services in South Korea.

Detailed Description

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This study conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital intervention program called "MINDLiNG" designed to target maladaptive personality traits, with four subprograms addressing perfectionism, low self-esteem, social isolation, and anxiety. Participants were assigned to one of these programs, and primary outcome measures varied accordingly, including the Perceived Stress Scale, Hewitt Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, State Self-Esteem Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Beck Anxiety Inventory. The study anticipated treatment effects in both primary and secondary outcome measures for the treatment group compared to the waitlist group after 5 and 10 weeks of intervention.

Conditions

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Mental Health Services Personality

Keywords

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digital mental health service intervention randomized controlled trial Personality Focused

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Treatment group

Adults between the ages of 18 and 60 were recruited and randomly assigned to the treatment group and waitlist group in the ratio of 2:1. Based on the screening results, 75 participants were assigned to each of the four intervention programs within MINDLiNG (Riggy, Pleaser, Shelly, and Jumpy).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

"MINDLiNG" Digital Mental Health Intervention

Intervention Type DEVICE

The intervention was delivered on an online platform set up separately for the study, which was accessible via the web browser and application. The psychological intervention program for maladaptive personality traits (Mindling) is based on the principles of CBT, psychological schema therapy, acceptance-commitment therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and is aimed primarily at adults to prevent and overcome psychological difficulties

Waitlist group

Adults between the ages of 18 and 60 were recruited and randomly assigned to the treatment group and waitlist group in the ratio of 2:1. Based on the screening results, 25 participants were assigned to each of the four intervention programs waitlist.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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"MINDLiNG" Digital Mental Health Intervention

The intervention was delivered on an online platform set up separately for the study, which was accessible via the web browser and application. The psychological intervention program for maladaptive personality traits (Mindling) is based on the principles of CBT, psychological schema therapy, acceptance-commitment therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and is aimed primarily at adults to prevent and overcome psychological difficulties

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults between the ages of 18 and 60
* Experiencing a moderate level of stress in their daily lives (PSS≥17) and meet a certain level of perfectionism (HMPS≥198), self-esteem (SSES≤57), loneliness (UCLA LS≥47), and anxiety (BAI≥16). The cutoff points for each scale are based on the top or bottom 25% of the frequency distribution suggested in the previous study.

Exclusion Criteria

* In cases where there is difficulty understanding and reading Korean.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Ministry of SMEs and Startups. South Korea

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

40FY

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Min-Sup Shin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Seoul National University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Locations

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Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

References

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Jeong S, Kim H, Lho SK, Hwang I, Mun S, Kim S, Lim H, Kim H, Shin MS, Moon W. Schema-Informed Digital Mental Health Intervention for Maladaptive Cognitive-Emotional Patterns: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Aug 14;27:e65892. doi: 10.2196/65892.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40574385 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SNUH_MINDLiNG_RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id