Depression, Depressive Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
Depression, Self Care
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of health promotion emails for depression. It is hypothesised that emails containing self-help advice will improve depression symptoms more than emails containing information about depression.
Detailed description
Depression symptoms are commonly experienced and disrupt day-to-day life. Increasing depression literacy and the use of effective self-help methods could improve depression across the community. The internet is an ideal promotional medium for health messages, because it is often used to search for information about mental health issues, and health messages can be widely disseminated at little cost. An email campaign could be a low-cost approach to improving self-help behavior and knowledge about depression in adults with depression symptoms.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMood Memo emails
Participants will receive 12 emails over 6 weeks.
Sponsors
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
University of Melbourne
Sidney Myer Fund
Orygen
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Access to the internet at least once per week * Resident of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression symptom score on PHQ-9 at post-intervention | 6-weeks post baseline |
| Depression symptom score on PHQ-9 at 6-month follow-up | 6-months post end-of-intervention |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Psychological distress on K10 at post-intervention | 6-weeks post baseline |
| Psychological functioning on Work and Social Adjustment Scale at post-intervention | 6-weeks post baseline |
| Psychological functioning on Work and Social Adjustment Scale at 6-month follow-up | 6-months post end-of-intervention |
| Psychological distress on K10 at 6-month follow-up | 6-months post end-of-intervention |
Countries
Australia
Outcome results
None listed