Examining the Feasibility of Wysa in Hindi

NCT ID: NCT06320756

Last Updated: 2024-12-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

79 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-23

Study Completion Date

2024-05-28

Brief Summary

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The principal objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of including a digital mental health intervention (Wysa in Hindi) within pre-existing usual care to support adolescents and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) who have mild and above mental health distress (operationalized as Patient Health Questionnaire-9: 5-14 scores; or Diabetes Distress Scale-17: \>2.0 mean score) with their mental health distress. This will be conducted through an exploratory randomized control study comparing Wysa in Hindi plus usual care with a control arm that just has usual care. The study further explores the effectiveness of the digital mental health intervention using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS-17).

Detailed Description

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Participants (13-25 years) with Type1 Diabetes are invited into the study. The intervention being studied is the Wysa in Hindi app. Participants will be recruited from Udaan (a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) supporting individuals with Type1 diabetes). They will complete baseline research procedures and be randomly allocated to one of two groups.

Participants in the intervention arm will get access to the Wysa in Hindi app as well as access to usual care (individual and group sessions on motivation, mental health, and coping). The control arm will only have access to the usual care i.e. the individual and group sessions. At the end of 2 months, participants will be invited for follow-up to complete the endline assessments.

Conditions

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Mental Health Issue Diabetes Distress

Keywords

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digital mental health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized Control Trial with an intervention arm and a control arm.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention arm: Wysa in Hindi + usual care

The intervention arm will receive Wysa in Hindi and the usual care. Wysa in Hindi is a digital mental health intervention that combines Artificial Intelligence-led conversational chatbot support and human therapy in the Hindi language. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot acts as a companion, and understands, empathizes, and guides users through exercises grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, written by qualified psychologists and clinicians.

Usual care includes access to individual and bi-weekly group sessions focused on building coping, wellbeing, and motivation by the diabetes educator team.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Individual and group sessions on topics like motivation, coping, wellbeing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Individual and group sessions on wellbeing, coping, and motivation with the diabetes educator team

Wysa in Hindi

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Wysa in Hindi is a blended digital mental health intervention

Usual care arm

Participants in the control group will only have access to usual care (which will remain the same as that for the intervention arm). This includes access to individual sessions and bi-weekly group sessions with the diabetes education team on motivation, wellbeing, and coping.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Individual and group sessions on topics like motivation, coping, wellbeing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Individual and group sessions on wellbeing, coping, and motivation with the diabetes educator team

Interventions

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Individual and group sessions on topics like motivation, coping, wellbeing

Individual and group sessions on wellbeing, coping, and motivation with the diabetes educator team

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Wysa in Hindi

Wysa in Hindi is a blended digital mental health intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 13-25 years
* Diagnosis of Type1 diabetes
* Access to a smartphone with internet connection
* Can read and understand Hindi
* Mental health distress as demonstrated by elevated scores on any of the scales: Mild -moderate symptoms (between 5-14 score) on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), moderate and above diabetes distress (mean score 2.0 and higher) on the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS-17)

Exclusion Criteria

* Do not own or have access to a mobile device
* Are identified to have risk of harm/ suicidality (as identified on PHQ-9)
* Are currently undergoing or have received psychiatric support
* Experience any mental or physical impairments that create accessibility barriers to the use of a smartphone or access to a digital mental health intervention
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Udaan

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wysa

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Tejaswi Shetty, M.A.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Touchkin eServices Pvt. Ltd.

Archana Sarda, M.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Udaan

Chaitali Sinha, M.A.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Touchkin eServices Pvt. Ltd.

Locations

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Udaan

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Site Status

Countries

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India

References

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Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Intern Med. 2001 Sep;16(9):606-13. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11556941 (View on PubMed)

Polonsky WH, Fisher L, Earles J, Dudl RJ, Lees J, Mullan J, Jackson RA. Assessing psychosocial distress in diabetes: development of the diabetes distress scale. Diabetes Care. 2005 Mar;28(3):626-31. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.3.626.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15735199 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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24-WYSA-101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id