Motivation and Adherence to Psychotherapy Assignments

Behavioral Problems Clinical Trial

— AIDAII  

Official title:

Differences in Motivation and Adherence to a Prescribed Assignment After Face-to-face and Online Psychoeducation: an Experimental Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02895308
• Other study ID #: AIDA-II
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 30, 2016
• Last updated: September 9, 2016
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: April 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Uppsala University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Central Ethical Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aims of this study are to experimentally investigate and compare whether motivation variables can predict adherence to a prescribed assignment in face-to-face and online interventions using a psychotherapy analogue model.

A total of 100 participants are included in this study and randomized to either a face-to-face or online intervention. Participants in both groups receive a psychoeducation session and are given an assignment for the subsequent week.

Description:

The aims of this study are to investigate (1) participants' different forms of motivations to complete a typical psychotherapy assignment, (2) participants' subsequent adherence to the prescribed assignment and the associations between motivations and adherence and (3) any differences regarding motivations, adherence and their associations between the face-to-face and online conditions.

The hypotheses are that participants in the face-to-face condition will report higher motivation as well as higher adherence to the assignments compared to participants in the online condition, that adherence to the assignment will be positively associated with both autonomous motivation and externally regulated motivation and that adherence to the assignment will be more weakly associated with autonomous motivation in the face-to-face compared to the online condition.

To investigate the association between motivation and adherence to assignments in face-to-face and online settings, this study have a longitudinal randomized design with two conditions. The two conditions are face-to-face psychoeducation with a therapist and online psychoeducation with therapist support. A psychotherapy analogue model with a one-session intervention for a non-clinical population is used. Data is collected at baseline and at seven to nine days follow-up.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: April 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• having at least one problematic behavior one wished to understand or change

Exclusion Criteria:

• being below 18 years of age, having no access to a mobile phone and the Internet, reporting elevated levels of depressive symptoms or currently attending psychotherapy.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavioral Problems
• Problem Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online psychoeducation
The online intervention consists of a psychoeducation component taken from affect focused psychotherapy. In this model, emotions are physiological patterns that are shaped mainly in the context of previous relations. By using the model, patients are helped to better understand their current emotions, behaviors and cognitions. The aim of the intervention used in this study is to provide information about the six basic affects and how they may influence everyday behaviors and well-being in recurring patterns.
• Face-to-face psychoeducation
The intervention consists of a psychoeducation component taken from affect focused psychotherapy. In this model, emotions are physiological patterns that are shaped mainly in the context of previous relations. By using the model, patients are helped to better understand their current emotions, behaviors and cognitions. The aim of the intervention used in this study is to provide information about the six basic affects and how they may influence everyday behaviors and well-being in recurring patterns.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Uppsala University	Uppsala

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Uppsala University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Adherence to prescribed behavioral assignment	The number of prescribed assignments that each participant have completed.	Within 3 days after intervention end.	No
Secondary	Situational Motivation Scale	The SIMS is a self-report measure developed based on the Self-determination theory to measure motivation in experimental tasks.	Within 3 days after intervention end.	No
Secondary	VAS-scale regarding motivation	A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measuring homework motivation (scale: 0-100)	Within 3 days after intervention end.	No