Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02335528
SimCoach Evaluation: A Virtual Human Intervention to Encourage Servicemember Help-seeking for PTSD and Depression
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 333 (actual)
- Sponsor
- RAND · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
SimCoach, a computer program featuring a virtual human that speaks and gestures in a videogame-like interface, is designed to encourage servicemembers, especially those with signs or symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression, to seek help to improve their psychological health. The assessment included a formative component assessing SimCoach's design, development, and implementation approaches, as well as a summative component assessing outcomes among participants in a user experience survey and a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | SimCoach |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-03-01
- Completion
- 2013-03-01
- First posted
- 2015-01-09
- Last updated
- 2015-01-09
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02335528. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.