depression down
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: INCLUSION: (1) Age between 16 and 25 years old. (2) Mild depressieve symptoms: (-) CES-D score between 10 and 24 represents immediate access to the online course Grip op je Dip (master your mood). (-) CES-D score between 24 and 45 represents access to the online course Grip op je Dip (master your mood) after suicide risk and psychosis are ruled out by the MINI plus.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: EXCLUSION: (1) Age below 16 or above 24 years old. (2) CES-D score below 10. (3) CES-D score between 24 and 45 and in addition suicide risk or psychosis according to the MINI plus. (4) CES-D score above 45.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| OUTCOME MEASURES AND ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS Primary outcome measure: Depressive symptoms, according to the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D, Dutch version. Bouma e.a., 1995). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| OUTCOME MEASURES AND ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS Secondary outcome measures: - Mastery, according to the Mastery Scale (Pearlin and Schooler, 1978). - Anxiety, according to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS, Zigmond and Snaith, 1983; Psychometric properties: Spinhoven,e.a. 1997). Predictors for (un)successful outcomes in terms of depression, anxiety and mastery will be sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, educational attainment. Course related predictors are webchatting experience, motivation to take part in preventive group interventions (Nijmegen Motivation List for Prevention, NML-P, Allart-van Dam et al., 2004), course adherence and extent of completion of homework assignments, as recorded by course supervisors in their log books. | — |
Countries
Netherlands