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Translation and Development of an Online Self-help Intervention With Subsequent Feasibility Study (KEN)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02671929
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 2, 2016
Last Update Posted : October 30, 2017
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Dr. Rüdiger Zwerenz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of an internet-based self help program concerning satisfaction with the treatment and their life, depression and anxiety. Both study groups get access to the internet-based self-help program. The intervention group receives additional feedback to their progress in the program from an online therapist. The investigators hypothesize that (1) at least 75% of the patients in the intervention group are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the self-help program, (2) 50% of the patients in the intervention group work with all eight units and (3) patients of the intervention group have a higher emotional competence than the patients of the control group at the end of the self-help program.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Treatment Satisfaction Behavioral: self-help program Behavioral: therapeutic feedback Phase 2

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 83 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Translation and Development of an Online Self-help Intervention With Subsequent Feasibility Study as an After Care After Inpatient Psychosomatic Treatment
Study Start Date : September 2015
Actual Primary Completion Date : May 2016
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2016
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: self-help program + feedback
Patients in this arm receive access to the internet-based self-help program and get feedback on their progress in the program.
 Behavioral: self-help program
Access to the internet-based self-help program

Behavioral: therapeutic feedback
Therapeutic feedback on the written information sent to the online therapist
Active Comparator: self-help program
Patients in this arm receive access to the internet-based self-help program and don't get any therapeutic feedback
 Behavioral: self-help program
Access to the internet-based self-help program


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Satisfaction of the intervention group with the internet-based self-help program measured with an reworded version of the "patient satisfaction questionnaire" (ZUF-8) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Emotional competence measured with the "SEK-27" (questionnaire for self-assessment of emotional competence) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  2. Depression measured with the German version of the "PHQ-9" (Patient Health Questionnaire) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  3. Quality of life measured with the German version of the "EUROHIS-QOL 8" (European Health Interview Survey Quality of Life 8) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  4. Anxiety measured with the German version of the "GAD-7" (General Anxiety Disorder Screener) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  5. Self-esteem measured with the German version of the "RSE" (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  6. Somatoform afflictions measured with the German version of the "SSS-8" (Somatic Symptom Scale) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  7. Subjective prognosis of work ability measured with the "SPE" (Subjective Prognosis of Work Ability) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  8. Therapeutic alliance measured with the German version of the "WAI-SR" (Working Alliance Inventory - Short Revised) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) ]
  9. Depersonalisation measured with the German short version of the "CDS-2" (Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale) [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) and 19 weeks after study inclusion (T2) ]
  10. Acceptance of the internet-based self-help program measured with an especially for the self-help program devised questionnaire [ Time Frame: End of every unit (weekly) and 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) ]
  11. Usage of the internet-based self-help program measured with an especially for the self-help program devised questionnaire [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) ]
  12. Utilization of alternative after care measures (psychotherapy and drugs) with a self-devised questionnaire [ Time Frame: 10 weeks after study inclusion (T1) ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • day care/ inpatient treatment in the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
  • minimum age of 18 years
  • private internet access
  • e-mail address

Exclusion Criteria:

  • acute suicidality
  • psychosis
  • current alcohol or drug addiction
  • life time diagnosis of a schizophrenic, schizoaffective, bipolar or organic psychic disorder
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Locations
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Germany
University Medical Center, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 55131
Sponsors and Collaborators
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Investigators
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Study Director: Manfred E Beutel, Prof. Dr. Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
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Responsible Party: Dr. Rüdiger Zwerenz, Principle Investigator, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02671929    
Other Study ID Numbers: RK-91809
First Posted: February 2, 2016    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: October 30, 2017
Last Verified: October 2017
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No