Evaluation of an e-mental health application ("Mental Health Guide") as a preventative intervention for adolescents and young adults

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031810

Enrollment

150

Registered

2023-06-21

Start date

2023-06-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Mental Health, Health Literacy

Interventions

Group 1: self-help app Group 2: control group (waiting list)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

14 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: sufficient knowledge of german language (subjective rating of participants) own internet-enabled smartphone with own phone number Acceptance and approval of study conditions and use of data (participants under 17: additional acceptance of parent)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no further exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mental Health Literacy (MHLS), pre- post- 3-months follow-up and 6-months follow-up assessment	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
emotion regulation (DERS-SF), mental well-being (RRS-Brooding, PSS-4, SDQ, WHO-5), applicability and acceptance of the app (MARS-G) to all 4 assessment timings; current well-being (MDBF, DERS-SF) as an ambulatory assessment 2x daily during the first week of data collection	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJohanna Löchner

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen - Abteilung Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie im Kindes- und Jugendalter

johanna.loechner@med.uni-tuebingen.de07071 29-80717

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026