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Health Questionnaire Study

Effects of Emphasizing Instructions on Mental Health Questionnaires

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06956378
Enrollment
200
Registered
2025-05-04
Start date
2025-04-18
Completion date
2026-03-01
Last updated
2026-02-27

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Conditions

Depression, Anxiety

Brief summary

We want to explore if emphasizing certain instructions (i.e. "bothered by") will affect the way participants respond to a questionnaire.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALInstruction Emphasis

The study team will emphasize the questionnaire instructions when asking the second time.

Sponsors

University of California, Irvine
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 18 or older * U.S. resident * Self-report being treated for or receiving a diagnosis generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder by a licensed provider (e.g., MD, DO, LPCC, LCSW, LMFT) in the past 12 months

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)Day 19-item questionnaire. Study is completed in 1 day. Scale is administered 2 times. Higher scores mean greater depressive symptoms.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)Day 17-item questionnaire. Study is completed in 1 day. Scale is administered 2 times. Higher scores mean greater anxiety symptoms.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 22, 2026