Memo multimedia mobile phone lifeskills programme for teenagers

A randomised controlled trial of a multimedia mobile phone programme to reduce depressive symptoms in adolescents compared to an attention control mobile phone programme

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000405213

Acronym

ADAPT

Enrollment

790

Registered

2009-06-02

Start date

2009-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A study to determine if a multimedia mobile phone lifeskills programme can help prevent depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Interventions

A multimedia programme delivered solely by mobile phone that has been developed by experts based on cognitive behavioural therapy. Two text/video/animated messages will be sent each day for two months, with access to the information via a mobile website for up to 12 months.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

13 Years to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Years 9-12 at school; mobile phone capable of receiving video messages; Vodafone customer; able to provide consent

Exclusion criteria

Screening tests identify depression or risk of self-harm at baseline

Outcome results