Online self-help is an innovative way of providing self-help. The investigators want to study the effect of an interactive online self-help-program (Deprexis) in the treatment of severe depressive symptoms. Participants will be randomised to either twelve weeks of online-self help or a waiting-list control. Symptoms of depression and other aspects will be assessed over a six months period. The investigators hypothesise that online self-help is superior to the control condition in alleviating depressive symptoms and preventing full blown depression.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
163
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Gaia AG
Hamburg, Germany
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck
Lübeck, Germany
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 items (PHQ-9)
Time frame: Change from Baseline to post (3mths).
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms - Self-Rreport (QIDS-SR16)
Time frame: Baseline, post (3 mths), follow-up (6 mths)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7)
Time frame: Baseline, post (3 mths), follow-up (6 mths)
Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 items (PHQ-15)
Time frame: Baseline, post (3 mths), follow-up (6 mths)
Short Form Health Survey - 12 (SF-12)
Time frame: Baseline, post (3 mths), follow-up (6 mths)
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