Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for common mental disorders

ISRCTN ISRCTN24529487
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN24529487
Secondary identifying numbers 6027
Submission date
12/05/2010
Registration date
12/05/2010
Last edited
01/04/2014
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English Summary

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Pooria Sarrami Foroushani
Scientific

School of Sociology and Social Policy
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designMulticentre randomised interventional treatment trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please contact selfhelp@nottingham.ac.uk or Justine.Schneider@nottingham.ac.uk to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleComputerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for common mental disorders: a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a workplace intervention
Study hypothesisPrimary hypothesis:
To test the impact of MoodGYM on employess work related performance and psychological well-being.

Secondary hypotheses:
1. To assess the cost effectivenss of MoodGYM in a workplace context
2. To evaluate the acceptability of the intervention and mode delivery
Ethics approval(s)Derbyshire Research Ethics Committee approved on the 6th January 2009 (ref: 08/H0401/91)
ConditionTopic: Mental Health Research Network; Subtopic: Anxiety, Depression; Disease: Depression
InterventionMoodGYM is a modularised course, designed to last 6 weeks, which participants will follow at their own pace. Weekly, brief (10-minute) calls will be made to check on use of MoodGYM or other services (e.g., health care, counselling, medication) used by by the intervention group and any services which the control group uses over the first 6 weeks in the study.

Study entry: registration and one or more randomisations
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9)
2. Work Limitations Questionnaire, WLQ
3. Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD7)

Measured at baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks.
Secondary outcome measures1. Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE10)
2. Work and Social Attitudes Scale (WSAS)

Measured at baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks.
Overall study start date26/06/2009
Overall study end date15/11/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 535
Participant inclusion criteria1. A positive response to any of the questions 1 - 3 of the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-Brief), indicating:
1.1. Major depression
1.2. Other depressive syndromes (2 - 5 symptoms more than half the days over 2 weeks affecting function at home, work or socially), or
1.3. Panic syndrome (at least one panic in the last 4 weeks affecting function at home, work or socially)
Mood Gym is supposed to manage all these problems and any of them is likely to lead to problems at work.

OR

2. On Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), employee scores 2 or more on 5 of the 9 items including 2 on item 1 or 2 and "somewhat difficult" on item 10 (function). These scores are equivalent symptomatically to a diagnosis of major depression

AND

3. Age over 18 years and under 65 years, either sex
Participant exclusion criteria1. Has a primary alcohol or drug use problem
2. Depression secondary to organic brain disease, e.g., stroke
3. Bipolar disorder or other serious mental illness apart from unipolar depression
4. Is already receiving cognitive behaviour therapy
5. Has current suicide plans requiring emergency psychiatric treatment
6. Does not or cannot give written informed consent to the study
Recruitment start date26/06/2009
Recruitment end date15/11/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

School of Sociology and Social Policy
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

The Institute of Mental Health (UK)
Research organisation

Sir Colin Campbell Building
University of Nottingham Innovation Park
Triumph Road
Nottingham
NG7 2TU
United Kingdom

Website http://www.institutemh.org.uk/
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/015dvxx67

Funders

Funder type

Charity

British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) (UK)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Alternative name(s)
BOHRF
Location
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/03/2014 Yes No
Results article results 28/03/2014 Yes No