NCT06037382

Using a Smartphone App to Target Current Mental Health Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (actual)
• Sponsor: Trustees of Dartmouth College · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prevention intervention study that will examine the efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention in decreasing cancer risk by targeting mental health risk factors of anxiety and depression.

Detailed description

This prevention intervention study aims to examine the efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention in decreasing cancer risk by targeting mental health risk factors of anxiety and depression. The study will utilize a smartphone application called Mood Triggers, designed to provide personalized feedback on individuals' maintenance factors (i.e., "triggers") of their anxiety and depressive symptoms. Mood Triggers delivers ultra-brief interventions (less than 2 minutes long) where participants view videos introducing important skills to treat their anxiety and depression. The study targets middle-aged adults (40-64 years old) who meet current criteria for moderate to severe anxiety and/or depressive disorders. It will enroll an anticipated 100 participants in a single-group, open-label design, with the intervention lasting up to 12 weeks. The primary outcomes include changes in depression and anxiety symptoms, measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-Q-IV Scale, respectively, as well as changes in cancer risk assessed by the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Cancer Prevention Score.

Conditions

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mood Triggers App	The current intervention will deploy a smartphone application called Mood Triggers. Mood Triggers was designed to provide personalized feedback on individuals' maintenance factors (i.e., "triggers") of their anxiety and depressive symptoms based on the theory that such feedback will lead to symptom reduction.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-25
• Primary completion: 2025-03-06
• Completion: 2025-03-06
• First posted: 2023-09-14
• Last updated: 2025-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States