Depression
Conditions
Keywords
Cellular phones, mental health, Early intervention, prevention, momentary sampling, Adolescent
Brief summary
The mobiletype program is a mental health assessment and monitoring tool that runs on mobile phones. The program assesses the general mental health of young people in real-time and transmits this data to a website to be reviewed by their general practitioner (GP) in consultation with their patient. The website consists of individualised feedback reports for each participant, and graphical displays of the monitoring data. The primary aims of the current project are to examine: (1) whether the process of self-monitoring via the mobiletype program increases young people's awareness of their mood and reduces depressive symptoms and (2) whether emotional self-awareness mediates the relationship between self-monitoring and depressive symptoms.
Interventions
DEVICEMobile Tracking Young People's Experiences (mobiletype)
A mobile phone self-monitoring program, based on momentary sampling techniques, that prompts young people to complete it four times a day. The program asks several questions about daily activities, mood, stress, eating and exercise.
Sponsors
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 14 - 24 years of age * Proficient English * Patients must be deemed to have an emotional/mental health concern by their GP or be screened to have at least a mild mental health problem (a score of 16 or above) on the K10 Symptom Scale
Exclusion criteria
* Severe psychiatric or medical condition that prevents the person from complying with either the requirements of informed consent or the study protocol. * Young people referred to a mental health specialist by their GP will be excluded only if they obtain a specialist appointment during the mobiletype study period (2 - 4 weeks).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depressive symptoms | Pre-, post-monitoring, 6-week follow up & 6 month follow-up |
| Emotional Self Awareness | Pre-, post-, 6-weeks post- and 6-months post-test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Detection of mental health problems | Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up |
| Pathways to care | Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up |
| Patient's satisfaction with their GP | Pre-, post-monitoring, 6 week and 6 month follow up |
Countries
Australia
Outcome results
None listed