NCT04100785

A Pilot Investigation of Clinician-guided Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depressed Patients

A Pilot Investigation of Clinician-guided Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depressed Patients in an Outpatient Hospital Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institute of Mental Health, Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to explore the efficacy and acceptability of a clinician-guided internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) programme for patients with depression, in Singapore.

Detailed description

All outpatients, from the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, who are diagnosed with a primary diagosis of mild to moderate depression and were referred to the Psychology Department for therapy were invited to take part in this research. Participants were randomised into two groups: iCBT Intervention Group and Delayed Waitlist-Control Group. The four-week iCBT programme comprised of three face to face 30-minute sessions with a clinician and six online modules).The treatment group is hypothesised to exhibit pre-post improvements in depressive symptoms, compared to the control group.

Conditions

• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	The iCBT programme comprised on 6 online modules. Module 1 provided an introduction to the symptoms of depression, its causes and information on CBT. Module 2 covered problem-solving strategies. Module 3 provided information on problematic thought patterns and beliefs in depression. Module 4 entailed identifying problematic thought patterns and using various techniques to counter problematic thoughts. Module 5 covered pleasurable activities scheduling to help increase activity levels.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-09
• Primary completion: 2017-07-06
• Completion: 2017-07-16
• First posted: 2019-09-24
• Last updated: 2019-09-24