Internet-Based Depression Screening for College Students

Major Depressive Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Internet-Based Depression Screening for College Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01326793
• Other study ID #: 2008P001438
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 25, 2011
• Last updated: April 24, 2015
• Start date: September 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to determine whether using telecommunication tools, specifically web pages containing online screening instruments and real-time video chat, will be an efficient way to implement Major Depressive Disorder screening among college students. The study also aims to determine if proactive depression screening and free online consultation with a psychiatrist will increase the rate of help-seeking among college students with MDD.

Eligible participants will complete a demographics survey and depression screening assessment online. Those subjects who express suicidality or depressive symptoms will be offered the opportunity to complete a one-time psychiatric consultation with Skype video-conferencing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1900
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• All who consider themselves current undergraduate from Massachusetts colleges are encouraged to participate.

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Screening

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Depressive Disorder, Major
• Major Depressive Disorder

Intervention

Other:
• Skype Consultation
One-hour Skype consultation with MA-licensed psychiatrist and a written summary of findings.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Shyu I, Soo JY, Fava M, Kvedar J, Yeung A. Internet Based Depression Screening for College Students. Proceedings of the 163rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). New Orleans, LA, 2010.

Soo JY, Shyu, I, Kvedar J, Fava M, Yeung A. The use of Facebook to advertise depression screening among college students: A feasibility and effectiveness study. Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Psychiatric Services (IPS). Boston,

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	9-item Patient Health Questionnaire	Subjects are given the PHQ-9 at baseline, and a 8-week follow-up survey that includes PHQ-9 and questions inquiring whether subject has begun treatment for MDD and whether they faced obstacles in seeking treatment.	Baseline, Week 8	Yes