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A Mobile Phone Self-Monitoring Tool to Increase Emotional Self-Awareness and Reduce Depression in Young People (mobiletype)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00794222
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified November 2008 by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
Recruitment status was:  Not yet recruiting
First Posted : November 20, 2008
Last Update Posted : November 20, 2008
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Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

The mobiletype program is a mental health assessment and monitoring tool that runs on mobile phones.

The program assesses the general mental health of young people in real-time and transmits this data to a website to be reviewed by their general practitioner (GP) in consultation with their patient. The website consists of individualised feedback reports for each participant, and graphical displays of the monitoring data. The primary aims of the current project are to examine: (1) whether the process of self-monitoring via the mobiletype program increases young people's awareness of their mood and reduces depressive symptoms and (2) whether emotional self-awareness mediates the relationship between self-monitoring and depressive symptoms.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Depression Device: Mobile Tracking Young People's Experiences (mobiletype) Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 200 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: A Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating a Mobile Phone Self-Monitoring Tool (Mobiletype) to Increase Emotional Self-Awareness and Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Young People.
Study Start Date : February 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date : June 2010
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 2010

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Mood monitoring
The mobiletype monitoring intervention group will monitor their current activities, current mood, responses to negative mood, any recent stressors and coping strategies. Other activities monitored include eating patterns, exercise patterns, quantity and quality of sleep and alcohol and cannabis use.
 Device: Mobile Tracking Young People's Experiences (mobiletype)
A mobile phone self-monitoring program, based on momentary sampling techniques, that prompts young people to complete it four times a day. The program asks several questions about daily activities, mood, stress, eating and exercise.
No Intervention: Comparison monitoring program

The mobiletype monitoring comparison group will monitor their current activities, eating patterns, exercise patterns, quantity and quality of sleep and alcohol and cannabis use.

This program excludes questions about mood, stress and coping strategies.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Depressive symptoms [ Time Frame: Pre-, post-monitoring, 6-week follow up & 6 month follow-up ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Emotional Self-awareness [ Time Frame: Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up ]
  2. Detection of mental health problems [ Time Frame: Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up ]
  3. Pathways to care [ Time Frame: Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up ]
  4. Patient's satisfaction with their GP [ Time Frame: Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   14 Years to 24 Years   (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 14 - 24 years of age
  • Proficient English
  • Patients must be deemed to have an emotional/mental health concern by their GP or be screened to have at least a mild mental health problem (a score of 16 or above) on the K10 Symptom Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe psychiatric or medical condition that prevents the person from complying with either the requirements of informed consent or the study protocol.
  • Young people referred to a mental health specialist by their GP will be excluded only if they obtain a specialist appointment during the mobiletype study period (2 - 4 weeks).
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00794222


Contacts
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Contact: Sophie Reid, PhD,MPsych 0393457913 Sophie.reid@mcri.edu.au
Contact: Sylvia D Kauer, BBSci(Hons) 0393456247 sylvIa.kauer@mcri.edu.au

Locations
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Australia, Victoria
Clifton Hill Medical Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3068
Sponsors and Collaborators
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Sylvia D Kauer, BBSci(Hons) Murdoch Childrens Research Instititue
Principal Investigator: Sophie C Reid, PhD,MPsych Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

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Responsible Party: Dr Sophie Reid, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00794222    
Other Study ID Numbers: RCH28113
Telstra Foundation: N33E2912
First Posted: November 20, 2008    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 20, 2008
Last Verified: November 2008
Keywords provided by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute:
Cellular phones
mental health
Early intervention
 prevention
momentary sampling
Adolescent
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Depression
Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders