Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Professor Helen Christensen and Dr Kathy Griffiths
ORCID ID
Contact details
Centre for Mental Health Research
Australian National University
Canberra
ACT 0200
Australia
+61 2 6125 2741
bluemoood@anu.edu.au
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
N/A but known as the BlueMood Project
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Depression
Intervention
The two interventions under investigation are:
1. The MoodGYM website - an evidenced based depression prevention website
2. The BluePages website - a website providing evidenced based information on depression.
These will be compared to The Health Coach Group - an intervention designed to elicit participants' knowledge and attitudes about depression.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
31/12/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Aged between 18 and 52
2. Live in the Australian Capital Territory
3. Have a high level of depressive symptoms
4. Be willing to participate in the study of depression
5. Have internet access
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
414
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
31/12/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Trial participating centre
Centre for Mental Health Research
Canberra
ACT 0200
Australia
Sponsor information
Organisation
Australian Centre for Mental Health Research
Sponsor details
Australian National University
Canberra
ACT 0200
Australia
Sponsor type
Research organisation
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
National Health and Medical Research Council, New Program Grant to the Centre for Mental Health Research (Australia)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16595018
Publication citations
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Results
Christensen H, Leach LS, Barney L, Mackinnon AJ, Griffiths KM, The effect of web based depression interventions on self reported help seeking: randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN77824516]., BMC Psychiatry, 2006, 6, 13, doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-13.