Prevention of depression Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will be allocated using a computer algorithm script (Python) to either waitlist control or intervention group. Participants in the intervention group will start the intervention while par
Sponsors
ETH Zurich
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years old and over 2. Residency in Switzerland 3. Understand of mid-level English or German (B1-B2)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Current diagnosis with or in treatment for a mental health disease 2. Asthma, COPD, or any other lung or respiratory tract disease 3. Pregnancy 4. Scoring greater than 15 for symptom severity of depression and anxiety in the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 instruments, respectively 5. Positive response to the last question of the PHQ-9, accessing suicide ideation or self-harm
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depression severity measured using the nine-question version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at baseline, after 14 interactions, and at the end of the intervention (after 30 interactions). 2. One of three randomly selected symptoms of depression (mood, agitation, anhedonia) measured using the Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaire (MDMQ) on a daily basis 3. Physiological (such as heart-rate-variability) and behavioral (such as physical activity) outcomes measured using a Garmin Smartwatch Fitness Tracker in a sub sample of 25% of the participants | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety severity measured using the seven-question version of the General Anxiety Disorder questionnaire (GAD-7) and stress using the short version of the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress at baseline, after 14 interactions, and at the end of the intervention (after 30 interactions) | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Contacts
Public ContactTobias Kowatsch
Outcome results
None listed