NCT04376723

Mental Health Apps for Mild Psychological Distress Amongst Adolescents

Mental Health Mobile Application Self-Help for Adolescents Exhibiting Mild Psychological Distress: A Single Case Experimental Design

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Lincoln · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates mental health mobile apps, to understand their efficacy in reducing mild levels of psychological distress amongst adolescents. All participants will be provided with an app which is already available in the public domain, and will be asked to use the app for guided self-help. Half of participants will receive a weekly telephone call, whilst the other half will not.

Detailed description

The subscription version of the app "Sanvello" has several self-help exercises based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (to identify and challenge their thinking styles) and Mindfulness practices (to connect them with the present moment). Participants will be asked to complete these exercises on a daily basis for five weeks. Telephone calls will be provided weekly to half of participants to provide information about the app, or a rationale for its use. This phone call will not serve to provide any extra intervention or therapy to the participants.

Conditions

• Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mental Health Mobile Application	Mobile phones will not be provided to participants, but app subscriptions will be provided.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-08-20
• Completion: 2021-09-14
• First posted: 2020-05-06
• Last updated: 2021-09-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom