Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Procrastination

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title:

Development of a Web-Based Self-Help System for Reducing Procrastination Based on Cognitive Behavioural Approach: Procrastinate

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06278142
• Other study ID #: ERTELEME_1
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2024
• Est. completion date: July 2024

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Anadolu University
• Contact: Ömer Özer, Phd
• Phone: 5437446687
• Email: omer_ozer[@]anadolu.edu.tr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main purpose of this study is to present the development process and project flow of an internet-based self-help intervention programme to reduce the level of procrastination among university students.

Description:

In the process of developing the intervention programme, a literature review on procrastination was review on procrastination and it was found that procrastination is a problem for university students in Turkey and the need for an effective intervention programme was identified intervention programme. The existing evidence on the effectiveness of web-based The existing evidence on the effectiveness of web-based intervention programmes was reviewed in the literature developed to address procrastination. In Turkey, web-based interventions are one of the new areas of research. There is no web-based study on procrastination in the Turkish literature. The ERTELE-ME intervention is an internet-based intervention programme consisting of five modules. The intervention programme is deliveredin a guided or self-guided format. The Google Drive service will be used to deliver themodules to the participants.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: July 2024
• Est. primary completion date: April 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• volunteering to participate in the study
• being 18 years of age or older
• being an undergraduate student
• having internet access and an e-mail address with gmail extension
• getting a score above 3.5 points from the Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour Scale, having a score lower than 20 points for the depression sub-dimension, 15 points for the anxiety sub-dimension and 19 points for the stress sub-dimension of the DASS 21 scale (the participant is expected to meet all sub-dimension conditions).

Exclusion Criteria:

• not being in a psychological help process
• not having any psychiatric diagnosis

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Issue

Intervention

Other:
• Internet Based Intervention - GUIDED
In the expert-supported application, each participant will be sent a folder to be shared by the user and the guide via Google Drive, and the user is expected to perform the application in the folder. A module is added to the folder every Monday and the participant is asked to complete the relevant module until Friday of the same week. In the following two days, a feedback message is provided by the expert, taking into account the user's responses.
• Internet Based Intervention - WITHOUT GUIDANCE
The developed implementation plan is communicated to the participants without expert support and their participation is ensured. A common folder will be created with the participants accepted to the study and in the group without expert support, and the process is managed by transmitting the module to the user via the folder every Monday.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Anadolu University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Sociodemographic Information Form	This form will assess age, gender and whether the participant has received psychotherapy/counselling or medication before as potential covariates.	[Time Frame: Pre-test]
Primary	Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour Scale	Turkish adaptation of the scale consists of 14 items, five-point Likert type (1: strongly disagree-5: strongly agree) and one dimension. The evaluation of the Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour scale is made by taking the average of all items. The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is expressed as five and the minimum score as one.	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
Primary	Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire	Turkish adaptation of the form was developed by Batmaz et al. (2015) and consists of 15 items of 9 Likert type. The scale items can be used in short and ultra short form.The 9-item short form will be used to collect data from the study group. The 9-item short form will be used to collect data from the study group.	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
Primary	Time Management Scale	The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 27 and the highest score is 135 (Alay & Koçak, 2002). It was deemed appropriate for the evaluation of time management skills in the study group.	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
Primary	Attitude Scale for Internet-Based Interventions	Apolinário-Hagen et al. (2018) is a measurement tool consisting of 16 items adapted into Turkish by Özer et al. (in the publication stage). Scale consists of two sub-dimensions named as "Perceived Usefulness and Usefulness" and "Relative Advantage and Comparability".	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
Secondary	Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)	Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) is used to assess depression, stress and anxiety levels.	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)