Psychological Mobile Interventions to Reduce Distress

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Investigating the effectiveness of two mobile psychological interventions and the mechanisms of change involved in reducing the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, on an adult population with a mild to moderate level of symptoms (sub-clinical).

Clinical Trial Description

The research design will be a 3-arm controlled clinical trial, with 4 waves of data collection. Once selected using a symptomatic screening questionnaire, participants will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: 2 experimental conditions (PsyPills and OCAT) and an active control group (shamOCAT). Measurements will be collected before allocation (baseline), during the intervention (through a momentary ecological assessment paradigm), at the end (post) and at an interval of one month after the intervention (follow-up). Among the constructs evaluated are symptomatic level, affectivity, cognitive processes, emotional regulation and attentional bias. All measurement steps will be collected online. The interventions consist of an attentional training (Online-Contingent Attention Training, OCAT) which seeks to facilitate the disengagement from the negative content and the engagement on the positive of some personally relevant information by providing instructions and feedback on performance; and prescribing personalized rational thinking strategies to change the intensity of dysfunctional emotionality (PsyPills). The active control group consists of a "fake" version of OCAT (shamOCAT), by offering the same attentional training, without training and feedback on performance. All interventions are delivered in the form of smartphone applications. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Psychological Distress

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05294809
Study type	Interventional
Source	Babes-Bolyai University
Contact	Vasile Sîrbu, PhD student
Phone	+40762405622
Email	vasile.sirbu@ubbcluj.ro
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	June 12, 2022
Completion date	February 2024

View Details

See also
Status	Clinical Trial	Phase
Recruiting	`NCT04680611` - Severe Asthma, MepolizumaB and Affect: SAMBA Study
Completed	`NCT05130944` - Feasibility of Community Psychosocial Intervention for Women	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05526235` - A Scalable Psychological Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress Among Workers of Assisted Living Facilities	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05413941` - Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease	N/A
Completed	`NCT03720600` - Forms of Racial Discrimination Study	N/A
Not yet recruiting	`NCT05400096` - Psychological Wellbeing in Clients in Tier 3 Weight Management Service	N/A
Completed	`NCT02212236` - Psychological Intervention for Distress During HSCT	Phase 2
Active, not recruiting	`NCT00892138` - Mindfulness Training for Stress Management	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT04936828` - Ecological Momentary Intervention for Stroke Caregivers' Psychological Support	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT04815278` - NC Works4Health: Reducing Chronic Disease Risks in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Unemployed Populations	N/A
Withdrawn	`NCT03341364` - Acceptance and Commitment Based Group Therapy for Cancer Patients	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05137925` - Mindful Moms: Mechanisms of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy During Pregnancy and Postpartum	N/A
Completed	`NCT04376723` - Mental Health Apps for Mild Psychological Distress Amongst Adolescents	N/A
Active, not recruiting	`NCT04020497` - Ensemble Programme an Early Intervention for Informal Caregivers of Psychiatric Patients	N/A
Not yet recruiting	`NCT03652168` - Stress Free UC Merced: The Effect of 8 Weeks of Mindfulness App Headspace on Stress in a Sample of University Employees	Phase 3
Terminated	`NCT03587896` - Implementation of Self Help Plus in Adult Syrian Refugees in Turkey (RE-DEFINE)	N/A
Completed	`NCT03721770` - Psychological Impact in a Relative, Following the Announcement of the Death of a Loved One After Cardiac Arrest and the Early Request for Organ Donation
Recruiting	`NCT05849454` - Messy Memories: Mobile Application Therapy Following Critical Illness	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05525299` - Reminiscence-Based Life Review on Copying With Existential Suffering Among Older Cancer Survivors	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT06052904` - Music Breathing for Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed With Cancer	N/A