None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This project will test the effectiveness and feasibility of promoting helpful self-help strategies to individuals with depressive symptoms (but not major depression) via regular emails. The effect of these will be compared to receiving emails containing general information about depression. We wish to see whether the emails reduce depressive symptoms in participants, and whether they prevent participants from developing major depression.
Interventions
Participants will receive 12 emails over 6 weeks. Each email will contain a self-help strategy for coping with depressive symptoms. The email will contain information about why the strategy will be effective, tips for implementing the strategy and overcoming barriers, and how to set a goal to implement the strategy. Strategies are based on previous research published by the trial co-ordinators.
Sponsors
University of Melbourne
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) Resident of Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Canada or the USA 2) Access to the Internet at least weekly 3) Sub-threshold symptoms of depression (two to four symptoms of depression, experienced for two or more weeks, that have affected work, home, or social functioning)
Exclusion criteria
1) Currently receiving treatment for depression from a professional
Outcome results
None listed