NCT04639765

Responses to Information on Treatments for Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of different messages about depression treatments.

Detailed description

Participants recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) will complete a screening questionnaire and provided the opportunity to consent to participate. Upon entry to the study, eligible participants will complete several questionnaires pre- and post-randomization. Randomization will be to view either a video detailing a type of depression treatment (cognitive behavioral therapy, antidepressant medication, or the combination of both treatments) with and without an emphasis on personalization. A no video condition is also included.

Conditions

• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CBT without Personalization	Intervention involves a video describing CBT without a message about personalization.
OTHER	CBT with Personalization	Intervention involves a video describing CBT with a message about personalization.
OTHER	ADM without Personalization	Intervention involves a video describing antidepressant medication without a message about personalization.
OTHER	ADM with Personalization	Intervention involves a video describing antidepressant medication with a message about personalization.
OTHER	Combined Treatment without Personalization	Intervention involves a video describing the combination of cognitive behavior therapy and antidepressant medication without a message about personalization.
OTHER	Combined Treatment with Personalization	Intervention involves a video describing the combination of cognitive behavior therapy and antidepressant medication with a message about personalization.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-28
• Primary completion: 2020-12-30
• Completion: 2020-12-30
• First posted: 2020-11-20
• Last updated: 2021-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States