A Mobile Phone Self-Monitoring Tool to Increase Emotional Self-Awareness and Reduce Depression in Young People

Depression Clinical Trial

— mobiletype  

Official title:

A Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating a Mobile Phone Self-monitoring Tool (Mobiletype) to Increase Emotional Self-awareness and Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Young People.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00794222
• Other study ID #: RCH28113
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2009
• Est. completion date: January 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The mobiletype program is a mental health assessment and monitoring tool that runs on mobile phones.

The program assesses the general mental health of young people in real-time and transmits this data to a website to be reviewed by their general practitioner (GP) in consultation with their patient. The website consists of individualised feedback reports for each participant, and graphical displays of the monitoring data. The primary aims of the current project are to examine: (1) whether the process of self-monitoring via the mobiletype program increases young people's awareness of their mood and reduces depressive symptoms and (2) whether emotional self-awareness mediates the relationship between self-monitoring and depressive symptoms.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 118
• Est. completion date: January 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 14 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 14 - 24 years of age

• Proficient English

• Patients must be deemed to have an emotional/mental health concern by their GP or be screened to have at least a mild mental health problem (a score of 16 or above) on the K10 Symptom Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe psychiatric or medical condition that prevents the person from complying with either the requirements of informed consent or the study protocol.

• Young people referred to a mental health specialist by their GP will be excluded only if they obtain a specialist appointment during the mobiletype study period (2 - 4 weeks).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder

Intervention

Device:
• Mobile Tracking Young People's Experiences (mobiletype)
A mobile phone self-monitoring program, based on momentary sampling techniques, that prompts young people to complete it four times a day. The program asks several questions about daily activities, mood, stress, eating and exercise.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	Clifton Hill Medical Centre	Melbourne	Victoria

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Australia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depressive symptoms		Pre-, post-monitoring, 6-week follow up & 6 month follow-up
Primary	Emotional Self Awareness		Pre-, post-, 6-weeks post- and 6-months post-test
Secondary	Detection of mental health problems		Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up
Secondary	Pathways to care		Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up
Secondary	Patient's satisfaction with their GP		Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up