Emotional Fluctuations in the Flow of Daily Life. Ecological Analysis of Depressive Symptoms in the General Population.

Emotional Fluctuations in the Flow of Daily Life. Ecological Analysis of Depressive Symptoms in the General Population (FEDD).

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03360773

Acronym

FEDD

Enrollment

700

Registered

2017-12-04

Start date

2018-03-10

Completion date

2019-06-28

Last updated

2019-09-26

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Conditions

Depression, Happiness, Personal Satisfaction

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to analyze both depressive symptomatology and psychological well-being fluctuation in a day-to-day basis in the general population, in order to identify contextual determinants of the mood and well-being changes

Detailed description

Introduction: The Experience Sampling Method is a research tool to study what people do and feel in their day to day. It allows to analyse temporal relationships between variables and has a high ecological validity. Aim: To evaluate fluctuations of depressive symptoms and subjective well-being and to analyse the factors related to these fluctuations. Methodology: Longitudinal study that will follow up for two weeks a representative sample of the population aged 18 to 65 years living in Madrid using the Experience Sampling Method. An interviewer will visit the participants at their home to carry out a structured interview on mental health and well-being and to install a mobile app on the smart phone of participants in order for them to fill out information about their emotional state during the following two weeks. Participants will use the smart phone screen to fill out a brief questionnaire about their feelings, the activities they are doing and the people with whom they are interacting. Multilevel analysis based on lineal hierarchical models will be employed for data analysis as well as methods based on machine learning.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 18-65 years old * Non-institutionalized resident in Madrid * To own a smart phone

Exclusion criteria

* To present noticeable cognitive or other limitations that impede following the interview

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Positive and Negative Affect as measured by PANAS	7 days	Current experience of positive and negative emotions, along with the extent to which they are felt, by means of an adapted version of PANAS questionnaire.

Countries

Spain

Outcome results