Effects of ‘Mind booster Green’, an App-based CBT program for college students with depressive symptoms : Randomized controlled trial - For international students and Chinese university students

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0009752

Enrollment

300

Registered

2024-09-02

Start date

2023-03-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-11-14

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(App based Congnitive behavior Therapy) : - Mind Booster Green is an app-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program designed to alleviate depressive symptoms in college students. It incorp

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students, or students on leave of absence at universities in South Korea and China - Participants who are native speakers of English or Chinese - Adults aged 18 years or older - Participants who wish to take part in the study and have signed the consent form - Participants who scored 5 or above (indicative of mild or higher levels of depression) on the screening test using the PHQ-9, and who reported a score of 1 or below on the suicidal ideation item - Participants who do not have difficulty using smartphones with iOS 12 or Android 8 or higher - Participants who are not currently using other mental health services (such as medication, psychotherapy, counseling, etc.)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants who are not currently attending university - The program is designed to be effective for university students, so the study is limited to this population. Participants who have difficulty using smartphones with iOS 12 or Android 8 or higher - The 'Mind Booster Green' program is developed to be supported on these specifications. Participants currently using other mental health services (medication, psychotherapy, counseling, etc.) - Using other mental health services could significantly contaminate the results in verifying the program's effectiveness, so this criterion is included. Participants who scored 1-4 (no depressive issues) on the screening test using the PHQ-9 -The program is designed for university students experiencing depressive symptoms, so including a group without depressive issues could act as a contaminant. Thus, they are excluded. Participants who reported moderate or higher levels (score of 2 or above) of suicidal ideation on the PHQ-9 -Severe suicidal ideation requires urgent professional intervention, and a self-help program is deemed unsuitable.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depressive symptom(PHQ-9, BDI-II, CESD)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
8 item version of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire;The Positive subscale of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Revised;the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire-Short Form;User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale;Digital Working Alliance Inventory	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactKa Han gyeol

Yonsei University

rkgksruf@naver.com+82-2-2123-7536

Outcome results