NCT05555745

Audio-based Mental Health Intervention Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 101 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a study on an audio-based digital intervention designed to reduce symptoms of depression. Participants who experience at least moderate symptoms of depression will be invited to participate in the study. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of two audio-based digital interventions. The experimental intervention based on behavioral activation treatment for depression. The control intervention is based on self-monitoring. Depression symptoms and related mental health symptoms, as well as experiences with the intervention, will be assessed at baseline (pre-randomization), mid-intervention (1 week post-randomization), post-intervention (2 weeks post-randomization) and follow-up (5 weeks post-randomization)

Conditions

• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Audio-based behavioral activation intervention	Access to audio-based behavioral activation intervention
DEVICE	Audio-based self-monitoring intervention	Access to audio-based self-monitoring intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-15
• Primary completion: 2024-09-10
• Completion: 2024-09-10
• First posted: 2022-09-27
• Last updated: 2025-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States