Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Group:The intervention group will use the "One Touch of Sunshine" self-help depression intervention mobile application developed independently in Study One. The app is based on the CBT th
only emotional monitoring will be completed through the "Thermometer" section in the app.
Active Control:The participants in the reading group will use 2 of the 4 functional modules in the app during the experimental phase, namely the "Thermometer" for emotional monitoring and the "Library
Sponsors
Beijing Normal University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Participants must be enrolled university students, aged 18 years or older. The study uses the Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition (BDI-II) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) to assess the level of depression in applicants. Participants with BDI-II scores between 13 and 29 and PHQ-9 scores between 5 and 14 are invited to join the study if they have mild to moderate depression. If a participant’s score on one scale exceeds the threshold for severe depression, but their score on the other scale is below the threshold for mild depression, they will also be included. The psychology center’s full-time faculty at the participant’s university will verify the inclusion of participants, ensuring that they do not have major mental illnesses and are not key focus subjects in crisis management.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: Participants who are screened as having no depressive symptoms based on both the BDI-II and PHQ-9 scales, those currently taking antidepressant medications, individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or substance abuse, and participants who score 5 on the PTSD brief diagnostic scale will be excluded. For ethical and safety reasons, participants with suicidal thoughts are also excluded. Participants who score more than 2 on PHQ-9 item 9 ("Have you had thoughts of being better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way?") or select "I want to commit suicide" or "If I had the chance, I would commit suicide" on BDI-II item 9 will be considered as potentially having suicidal thoughts.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Beck Depression Inventory;Scrambled Sentences Test;Behavioral Activation Scale;Environment Reward Scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Automatic Thoughts Scale;General Anxiety Disorder - 7 item; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJianping Wang
Beijing Normal University
Outcome results
None listed