Helping patients sustain changes: Testing the effectiveness of a Transdiagnostic Internet-based Maintenance-Treatment following inpatient psychotherapy

Comparing the effectiveness of a Transdiagnostic Internet-based Maintenance-Treatment (TIMT) after inpatient psychotherapy for various mental health disorders with a Treatment As Usual group (TAU) with regard to psychopathological symptom load: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN28632626

Enrollment

400

Registered

2011-04-12

Start date

2008-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

1. Mental Health Disorders according to ICD-10-F 2. Inpatient psychotherapy Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

1. TIMT: transdiagnostic internet based maintenance treatment involves a motivation-plan, a weekly web-diary, self-management module, asynchronous patient-therapist communication, a patient support gr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Treated for a mental disorder according to ICD-10-F within the study-centre 2. Internet-access 3. German-speaking 4. Ages 18 - 65

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychotic symptoms 2. Alcohol/substance-addiction 3. High risk of suicide 4. Problems with reading/writing

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Psychopathological symptom severity measured by: PSS - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009 1. Inpatient admission (t1) 2. Inpatient discharge (t2) 3. 3-month-follow-up (t3) 4. 12-month-follow-up (t4)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Psychological wellbeing (WB - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009) 2. Positive and negative-affect (PA/NA - PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988) 3. Self-efficacy (SE - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009) 4. Interpersonal-problems (IPP - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009) 5. Emotion-regulation-skills (Total - ERSQ; Mediator; Berking & Orth, 2007) 6. Self-management-skills (VCI; Mediator ;Kuhl & Fuhrmann, 1998) 7. Therapist-alliance (HAQ; Process-Quality; Bassler, Potratz, & Krauthauser, 1995)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Psychological wellbeing (WB - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009) 2. Positive and negative-affect (PA/NA - PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988) 3. Self-efficacy (SE - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009) 4. Interpersonal-problems (IPP - HEALTH-49; Rabung et. al 2009) 5. Emotion-regulation-skills (Total - ERSQ; Mediator; Berking & Orth, 2007) 6. Self-management-skills (VCI; Mediator ;Kuhl & Fuhrmann, 1998) 7. Therapist-alliance (HAQ; Process-Quality; Bassler, Potratz, & Krauthauser, 1995)

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Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026