Social Media Use in Adolescents Admitted to a Psychiatric Unit

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Social Media Use in Adolescents Admitted to a Psychiatric Unit

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03836846
• Other study ID #: 029021
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Kaiser Permanente
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

We will investigate the association between social media use and depression in adolescents admitted to a psychiatric unit and continue to follow their progress after discharge in outpatient clinic services. We expect improvement in their depressive symptoms by modifying social media use and adding a mental health app to further encourage the positive effects of social media.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants admitted to inpatient psychiatric unit
• Kaiser insured participants between 13-17 years of age with parental consent
• positive for social media use
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant
• non English speaking

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Behavior
• Depression
• Social Media

Intervention

Behavioral:
• CBT Mobile App
TAU and the additional treatment of a Mental Health App (What's Up?). This app will be used to guide adolescents through cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance commitment therapy techniques, as well as to assist in developing coping mechanisms to prevent readmission.
• Treatment as usual
TAU as per standard of care

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Canyon Ridge Hospital	Chino	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kaiser Permanente

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Baños RM, Etchemendy E, Mira A, Riva G, Gaggioli A, Botella C. Online Positive Interventions to Promote Well-being and Resilience in the Adolescent Population: A Narrative Review. Front Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 30;8:10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00010. eCollection 2017. — View Citation

Luxton DD, June JD, Fairall JM. Social media and suicide: a public health perspective. Am J Public Health. 2012 May;102 Suppl 2:S195-200. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300608. Epub 2012 Mar 8. — View Citation

Pantic I. Online social networking and mental health. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014 Oct;17(10):652-7. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0070. Epub 2014 Sep 5. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Comparing depression scale,PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, Adolescent Version), with social media use	Compare presence and severity of depressive symptoms in treatment as usual (TAU) group with TAU and the mobile app intervention group. The presence and severity of depression will be determined using the PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, adolescent version), a 9-question depression scale that is based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of depression and modified for teens to further inquire about other aspects of depression such as dysthymia, suicide risk, and other mental illnesses. The PHQ-9A scores each of the DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Total depression severity score ranges of 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe.	1 month
Primary	Comparing depression scale,PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, Adolescent Version), with social media use	Compare presence and severity of depressive symptoms in treatment as usual (TAU) group with TAU and the mobile app intervention group. The presence and severity of depression will be determined using the PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, adolescent version), a 9-question depression scale that is based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of depression and modified for teens to further inquire about other aspects of depression such as dysthymia, suicide risk, and other mental illnesses. The PHQ-9A scores each of the DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Total depression severity score ranges of 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe.	3 months
Primary	Comparing depression scale,PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, Adolescent Version), with social media use	Compare presence and severity of depressive symptoms in treatment as usual (TAU) group with TAU and the mobile app intervention group. The presence and severity of depression will be determined using the PHQ9-A (Patient Health Questionnaire, adolescent version), a 9-question depression scale that is based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of depression and modified for teens to further inquire about other aspects of depression such as dysthymia, suicide risk, and other mental illnesses. The PHQ-9A scores each of the DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Total depression severity score ranges of 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe.	6 months

External Links

•   Social media and young people's mental health and wellbeing
•   Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018