Psychiatric Disorder Clinical Trial
Official title:
Digital Self-efficacy Training to Bridge Waiting Times for Psychotherapy
The main aim of this project is to improve waiting periods for specialised psychotherapy. We will apply a brief, smartphone-based self-efficacy training to patients with psychiatric disorders waiting for specialised psychotherapy. Additionally, we will use Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to assess mood, social contacts, and other parameters daily. We will investigate whether the training can improve self-efficacy and related constructs and if it can help reduce stress and waitlist drop-outs during waiting periods. Additionally, we will investigate if the self-efficacy training has a positive effect on motivation and therapeutical relationship regarding the subsequent therapy. After a screening for eligibility, participants will be randomly assigned to intervention and control group. At baseline, participants attend a laboratory session where they are assessed for current psychiatric disorders and further relevant psychological variables. They will then either participate in the digital self-efficacy training combined with EMA (intervention group) or in EMA only (control group). Both will be conducted via a smartphone app. Subsequently, participants will be asked to fill in post questionnaires at three different time points: after having finished app usage, one month later, and after the beginning of the subsequent psychotherapy.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 94 |
Est. completion date | October 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | April 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - psychiatric disorder - age 18-65 - waiting for psychiatric assessment/treatment (being on waitlist) - sufficient knowledge of the German language - smartphone user - internet access via smartphone - internet access at home (laptop, tablet, or computer) Exclusion Criteria: - current intense psychotherapy - acute suicidality - acute psychotic symptoms - substance addiction |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Switzerland | Integrated Psychiatry Winterthur | Winterthur | |
Switzerland | Psychiatric University Hospital | Zurich |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich |
Switzerland,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Change in mood and contacts | pos. and neg. mood and contacts will be assessed with the Ecological Momentary Assessment. Higher pos. mood / lower neg. mood -> better outcome | 3 per day during one-week | |
Other | Change in in ability to work | We will ask about the participants' self-evaluation at baseline and 2 different time points after the intervention (self-evaluation; no specific score will be used) | baseline to 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Other | Motivation and life enjoyment | Additional questionnaire with single items assessing therapy motivation and life enjoyment with items based on the validated questionnaires "Quality of Life Enjoymend and Satisfaction Questionnaire", "Fragebogen zur Psychotherapiemotivation" und "Fragebogen zur Messung der Psychotherapiemotivation" | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Primary | Change in self-efficacy | Validated measures ("General Self-Efficacy Scale" (10 items; higher scores indicate higher self-efficacy -> better outcome), "Coping Self-efficacy scale" (26 items; higher scores indicate higher self-effiacy -> better outcome) and individual questions based on validated measures assessing specific self-efficacy regarding emotion regulation, therapy and waitlist will be used to assess self-efficacy at baseline and 3 different time points after the intervention. | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in hopelessness | Hopelessness will be assessed using the validated measure "Beck Hopelessness Scale" (20 items; higher scores indicate greater hopelessness -> worse outcome). | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in anxiety | Anxiety will be assessed using the validated measure "State and Trait Anxiety Scale" (40 items; higher scores indicate greater anxiety -> worse outcome). | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in stress | Stress will be assessed using the validated measure "Perceived Stress Scale" (10 items; higher scores indicate greater stress -> worse outcome). | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in therapy expectations | Therapy expectations will be assessed using the validated measure "Patient Questionnaire on Therapy Expectation and Evaluation" (11 items; higher score indicates higher satisfaction -> better outcome). | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in depression | Depression will be assessed using the validated measure "Beck Depression Inventory II" (21 items; higher scores indicate greater depression -> worse outcome). | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in optimism | Change in life orientation will be assessed using the validated measure "Life Orientation Test Revised" (10 items; higher scores indicate greater optimism -> better outcome) | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began | |
Secondary | Change in intolerance of uncertainty | Intolerance of uncertainty will be assessed using the validated measure "Intolerance of uncertainty scale" (18 items; higher scores indicate greater uncertainty -> worse outcome). | baseline to 1 day after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, within 1 month after the subsequent therapy began |
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