Daily Assessment of Mood and Social Media Behaviors Study

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Daily Assessment of Mood and Social Media Behaviors Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04349423
• Other study ID #: H19-131-ROQA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Southern Methodist University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to learn more about social media usage and its relation to emotions, biology, and mental health. Participants will complete daily assessments (5 times a day) over the course of 11 days in which they will report on their social media use, behaviors, and mood. During the first 4 days participants will be asked to continue using social media as typical. In the second half (7 days) participants will be randomized to social media usage groups (0 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hours). There will be mental health and well-being measures provided at the beginning and end of the study. Lastly, to better understand how social media usage effects underlying mechanisms of stress, participants will be asked to provide saliva samples for 3 nights (pre, mid, and post) to assess for basal cortisol levels.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 324
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria:

• Below age of 18

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Cortisol
• Depression
• Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Social Media Usage Manipulation
Behavioral Intervention of social media usage.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Southern Methodist University	Dallas	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Southern Methodist University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in "Positive and Negative Affect Schedule" (PANAS)	Examines mood fluctuations. Scores can range from 10-50 for both the Positive and Negative Affect with the lower scores representing lower levels of Positive/Negative Affect and higher scores representing higher levels of Positive/Negative Affect.	Pre and post. Daily 5 times a day for 11 days
Primary	Changes in "Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale" (DASS)	Examines Depressive, Anxiety, and Stress symptoms. Minimum 0 maximum 63. Higher scores indicate more depression, anxiety and or stress.	Pre and Post. Daily for 11 days
Primary	Changes in "Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale"	Examines behavioral goal achievement. Minimum 0 and maximum 54. Larger scores means an ability to be more active.	Pre-Post- Daily for 11 days
Primary	Changes in "Social Media Use"	Survey and Phone based Applications will assess for daily use of social media time and behaviors.	Daily for 11 days
Primary	Changes in "A clinically useful depression outcome scale" (CUDOS)	Tracks Depression Symptoms. Minimum 0 maximum 74. Larger scores means more depressive symptoms.	Pre-Post- Daily for 11 days