Understanding the Efficacy of Mobile Apps as Intervention for Depression in Adults When Deployed as Part of Primary Care.

Actualize Therapy146 enrolled

Overview

The clinical study is meant to optimize the mobile intervention, to develop a robust implementation plan for the mobile intervention within primary care, and to conduct an effectiveness trial, randomizing 128 participants in order to understand effect on severity of depression and anxiety symptoms, cost-effectiveness, and usability of mobile apps.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

146

Conditions

Depression Anxiety Primary Health Care

Interventions

IntelliCareBEHAVIORAL

A suite of mobile apps that use principles of computerized therapy to decrease symptoms of depression.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Positive screen on PHQ-9 Exclusion Criteria: * Does not own or use a mobile smart phone

Locations (1)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Symptoms of depression

Using the PHQ-9 screener

Time frame: 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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