Treatment of depressive symptoms in young adults Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Randomisation will be implemented using the REDCap survey platform. An independent statistician from the Bristol Trials Centre will generate an allocation list, which will be uploaded to the REDCap ra
Sponsors
University of Bath
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
19 Years to 25 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 19 to 25 years 2. Currently living in the United Kingdom 3. Able to read and understand English 4. Reporting elevated depressive symptoms, defined as a score of =2 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) 5. Access to the internet via a computer, tablet, or smartphone 6. Willing and able to provide informed consent online
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Not meeting the inclusion criteria 2. Failing predefined data quality checks designed to identify random, inattentive, or non-human (e.g. bot) responses 3. Use of automated or fraudulent responses identified through safeguards such as reCAPTCHA, IP checks, honeypot items, and attention-check questions 4. Reporting active suicidal intent, defined as answering “Yes” to the question “Are you having thoughts of killing yourself right now?”
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactJeffrey Lambert
Outcome results
None listed