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Internet-Based Depression Screening for College Students

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Albert Yeung, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01326793
First received: March 25, 2011
Last updated: May 27, 2012
Last verified: May 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

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.


Condition Intervention
Major Depressive Disorder
 Other: Skype Consultation

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Screening
Official Title: Internet-Based Depression Screening for College Students

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Depression
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    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.


Estimated Enrollment: 5000
Study Start Date: September 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date: January 2013
Estimated Primary Completion Date: January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Other: Skype Consultation
    One-hour Skype consultation with MA-licensed psychiatrist and a written summary of findings.
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

  • All who consider themselves current undergraduate from Massachusetts colleges are encouraged to participate.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01326793

Locations
United States, Massachusetts
Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Sponsors and Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Albert Yeung, MD, ScD Massachusetts General Hospital
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Albert Yeung, Albert Yeung, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01326793     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2008P001438
Study First Received: March 25, 2011
Last Updated: May 27, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
telepsychiatry
MDD
Depression
Major Depressive Disorder
 Skype
college
university

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depression
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
 Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013