Comparing App Support Strategies for Depression and Anxiety
This study, called the COMParing App Support Strategies Study, is looking at the best ways to add small amounts of human and digital help to a meditation app called the Healthy Minds Program (HMP). The HMP app teaches skills for well-being through podcasts and guided meditations. You might receive a 30-minute meditation coaching session or an information session. You could also get email support or text message support during the 4-week study period. Researchers want to see how these different types of support affect your depression and anxiety symptoms. They will measure your symptoms using questionnaires at the start, weekly for 4 weeks, and again after 6 months. To join, you need to be 18-65 years old, speak English, have a smartphone and internet, and have elevated symptoms of depression and/or anxiety.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 688 participants. You will be randomly assigned to different support groups.
- What's involved
- You will complete an online screening, consent process, and a baseline survey. You will also have a meeting with study staff and complete weekly questionnaires for 4 weeks, plus daily check-ins twice a day during this period.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your symptoms will be measured again 6 months after the 4-week intervention period ends.
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The COMParing App Support Strategies Study
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Simon Goldberg, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · UW Madison
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What this trial measures
- Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale (PHQ-ADS) Scorebaseline, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, 6-month follow up
The PHQ-ADS is scored by summing responses to its 16 items (combining the PHQ-9 and GAD-7), with scores ranging from 0 to 48, where higher scores indicate greater distress. Each item uses a 0-3 scale (0=Not at all, 3=Nearly every day). Common interpretation is 10 (mild), 20 (moderate), and 30 (severe) distress.
- Anxiety Measured from Evening Daily Diary ItemsDaily through the Intervention Period (up to 4 weeks)
Evening daily diary will include a single-item measure of anxiety using the HMP. Each item will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = not at all, 5 = very much). Higher scores indicate more severe anxiety. Daily means with and standard deviations will be reported.
- Depression Measured from Evening Daily Diary ItemsDaily through the Intervention Period (up to 4 weeks)
Evening daily diary will include a single-item measures of depression using the HMP. Each item will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = not at all, 5 = very much). Higher scores indicate more severe depression. Daily means with and standard deviations will be reported.