Australia: A Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating a Mobile Phone Self-Monitoring Tool (Mobiletype) to Increase Emotional Self-Awareness and Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Young People.
Principal Investigators: Sylvia D Kauer, BBSci(Hons) Murdoch Childrens Research Instititue; Sophie C Reid, PhD, MPsych Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
The mobiletype program is a mental health assessment and monitoring tool that runs on mobile phones. The program assesses the general mental health of young people in real-time and transmits this data to a website to be reviewed by their general practitioner (GP) in consultation with their patient. The website consists of individualised feedback reports for each participant, and graphical displays of the monitoring data. The primary aims of the current project are to examine: (1) whether the process of self-monitoring via the mobiletype program increases young people’s awareness of their mood and reduces depressive symptoms and (2) whether emotional self-awareness mediates the relationship between self-monitoring and depressive symptoms.
Device: Mobile Tracking Young People’s Experiences (mobiletype) A mobile phone self-monitoring program, based on momentary sampling techniques, that prompts young people to complete it four times a day. The program asks several questions about daily activities, mood, stress, eating and exercise.
Estimated Enrollment: 200
Study Start Date: February 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2010
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