e-mental health
Conditions
Interventions
A cognitive behavioural therapy-based e-mental health intervention (offered via the Internet) will be investigated, consisting of nine modules designed to reduce depression and anxiety and increase ad
Sponsors
VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in the pilot study: (1) patients should have at least mild symptoms of depression and/or anxiety (score of 5 or higher on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9, and/or score of 3 or higher on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Anxiety (HADS-A)), (2) patients should be able to speak the Dutch language adequately, (3) patients should have access to the Internet, and (4) patients should be provide written informed consent to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients are excluded from participation when: (1) they are cognitively impaired, which is assessed with a score <3 on the six-item Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), (2) patients have a score of 20 or higher on PHQ-9, indicating severe symptoms of depression. These patients will be referred to their general practitioner to discuss other (more intensive) treatment options.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression symptomatology is measured with the PHQ-9 questionnaire. Anxiety symptomatology is measured with the HADS-A questionnaire. Both questionnaires are widely used and validated in a visually impaired sample. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adaptation to vision loss is measured with the Adaptation to Vision Loss (AVL)-9 scale. Compliance is operationalized by patients rating their effort and social workers rating patients’ compliance to the intervention, based on a 10-point scale (0=no effort/compliance to 10=full effort/compliance). Patient satisfaction is measured with the Dutch Mental Healthcare (MH) thermometer of satisfaction: a widely used 20-item questionnaire providing information on patients’ satisfaction on provided information, relationship with the social worker, and results of the treatment. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactH.P.A. Aa, van der
De Boelelaan 1117
Outcome results
None listed