Depressive DisorderNCT05326178
Evaluation of a Website to Improve Depression Literacy in Parents of Healthy Adolescents
A study testing General information about depression in people with Depressive Disorder and Depression in Adolescence, run by Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich at 1 site in Germany.
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the website "ich bin alles" (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) to improve depression literacy (knowledge about depression, which aid the recognition, treatment or prevention of depression) in parents of healthy adolescents without a mental health… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Depressive Disorder, Depression in Adolescence
- What is being tested?
- General information about depression
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 34 participants
- Where
- 1 siteGermany
- Study dates
- 12 Jan 2021to 2 May 2022
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- The absence of a current or remitted diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder in the participants' children is assessed using a semi-structured clinical interview: the "Kinder-DIPS". The Kinder-DIPS is a well-established German interview for the diagnosis of a wide range of axis I psychiatric disorders in children from ages six to 18.
Who cannot join
- Insufficient knowledge of German
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Germany1 site
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
Munich, Bavaria, 80336
About this study
Official title: Evaluating the Efficacy and the Acceptability of the Website "Ich Bin Alles" to Improve Depression Literacy in Parents of Healthy Adolescents Without a Mental Health Condition
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the website "ich bin alles" (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) to improve depression literacy (knowledge about depression, which aid the recognition, treatment or prevention of depression) in parents of healthy adolescents without a mental health condition. The investigators will examine whether the website improves depression literacy in parents of adolescents aged 12 to 18 years without a mental health condition. The investigators will also assess the acceptability of the website among the participants.
Read the detailed description
Few young people with major depressive disorder seek professional treatment in time. Concerns about social stigma, confidentiality, and limited knowledge about mental health conditions, such as depression, or mental health services are some of the main barriers to seek treatment. Increasing parents' knowledge about and attitude towards depression and mental health in childhood and adolescence is important to sensitize parents and increase their awareness towards depression and mental health in their children. These aspects might play a crucial role for parents to support their children's mental health, notice potential depressive symptoms in their children, react appropriately and take action if necessary. To address these issues and to contribute to knowledge gain in this target group, we developed an evidence-based website "ich bin alles" with two separate sub-websites for (1) adolescents (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) and (2) parents (…../eltern) to improve depression literacy in these groups.
To improve depression literacy in parents, the website provides general information for parents about depression in childhood and adolescence (e.g., symptoms, causes, course and treatment of depression). Furthermore, the website provides information about strategies for parents on how to support their children if they are affected by depression and on appropriate prevention strategies; i.e., strategies for promoting mental health (e.g., providing a healthy environment, reducing stress, undertaking positive activities, positive parenting), which are meant to serve as an addition to professional treatments of depression or to promote mental health in adolescents.
Target groups of the website are parents of adolescents aged 12 to 18 years with a history of depression, as well as parents of healthy adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. Easy access to information about depression would make early recognition of depression more likely and engage parents to help their children to seek help for depression.
Since the website targets two different groups, the investigators will evaluate the website accordingly:
Target group 1: Parents of adolescents with a major depressive disorder (acute or remitted) Target group 2: Parents of healthy adolescents (without a mental health condition)
The current study will focus on target group 2. A study focusing on target group 1 can be found in a separately registered clinical trial on clinicaltrials.gov.
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the website "ich bin alles" (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) to improve depression literacy in parents of healthy adolescents without a mental health condition.
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Depression in Adolescence
- Being tested
- General information about depression
- Keywords
- Knowledge, Mental Health, Depression Literacy, Website, Online, Adolescence, Youth, Parental Behaviour
- Medical subject headings
- Depressive Disorder, Psychological Well-Being
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
General information about depressionOther
Before starting the intervention, the participants are told that they will be shown parts of a website about depression. The participants are instructed to carefully attend to the website (e.g., to read the text precisely, to hear attentively to the podcasts and to view carefully the videos and images on the website). The time window spent for the reception of each part of the website are fixed.
The participants will be shown parts of the website regarding general information about depression.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| General information about depression | Experimental | Exposure to general information about depression Receives: Other: General information about depression |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Depression Literacy - Depression in children and adolescents as psychiatric disorder
This self-designed questionnaire is a self-report inventory to assess knowledge of depression in children and adolescents (frequency and comorbidities, treatment, symptoms, causes and course of depression; 26 items), with higher scores indicating more knowledge of depression as psychiatric disorder. Participants will complete this self-designed questionnaire at pre-test, post-test and follow-up to determine change in knowledge of depression in children and adolescents.
Measured: Pre-Test, Post-Test (within 2 hours), Follow-Up (Week 4)
Secondary outcomes (2)
Visual Aesthetics of Websites Inventory Short Version (VisAWI-S)
The short version of the Visual Aesthetics of Websites Inventory (VisAWI-S) is self-report inventory to assess the evaluation of the website's design - especially the perceived visual aesthetics. Participants indicate their response to the four items (e.g., "The layout appears professionally designed") on a seven-point Likert scale (ranging from 1 "do not agree at all" to 7 "do fully agree").
Measured: Post-Test (within 2 hours)
Overall reception of the website
The overall reception of the website as measured with a self-designed questionnaire
Measured: Post-Test (within 2 hours)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Apr 2022
- Study start12 Jan 2021
- Primary completion2 May 2022
- Study completion2 May 2022
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Depressive DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Prof. Otto Beisheim Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ellen Greimel, Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
- Investigators
- Gerd Schulte-Körne, Professor, Study director, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05326178
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 20116_2
- Status last verified
- Jun 2022
- First submitted
- 1 Apr 2022
- Last updated
- 30 Jun 2022
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Data in our study contains sensitive participant information, such as sociodemographic information. Since participants could possibly be identified by making our raw data publicly available, ethical principles of protecting participant confidentiality would be breached. Aggregated group data can be made available upon request.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 30 Jun 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Efficacy and the Acceptability of the Website "Ich Bin Alles" to Improve Depression Literacy in Parents of Healthy Adolescents Without a Mental Health Condition
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05326178
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 20116_2
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Depression in Adolescence
- Keywords
- Knowledge, Mental Health, Depression Literacy, Website, Online, Adolescence, Youth, Parental Behaviour
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of MunichUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Prof. Otto Beisheim Foundation
- Study start
- 12 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 2 May 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 2 May 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Apr 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the website "ich bin alles" (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) to improve depression literacy (knowledge about depression, which aid the recognition, treatment or prevention of depression) in parents of healthy adolescents without a mental health condition. The investigators will examine whether the website improves depression literacy in parents of adolescents aged 12 to 18 years without a mental health condition. The investigators will also assess the acceptability of the website among the participants.
Detailed description
Few young people with major depressive disorder seek professional treatment in time. Concerns about social stigma, confidentiality, and limited knowledge about mental health conditions, such as depression, or mental health services are some of the main barriers to seek treatment. Increasing parents' knowledge about and attitude towards depression and mental health in childhood and adolescence is important to sensitize parents and increase their awareness towards depression and mental health in their children. These aspects might play a crucial role for parents to support their children's mental health, notice potential depressive symptoms in their children, react appropriately and take action if necessary. To address these issues and to contribute to knowledge gain in this target group, we developed an evidence-based website "ich bin alles" with two separate sub-websites for (1) adolescents (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) and (2) parents (…../eltern) to improve depression literacy in these groups.
To improve depression literacy in parents, the website provides general information for parents about depression in childhood and adolescence (e.g., symptoms, causes, course and treatment of depression). Furthermore, the website provides information about strategies for parents on how to support their children if they are affected by depression and on appropriate prevention strategies; i.e., strategies for promoting mental health (e.g., providing a healthy environment, reducing stress, undertaking positive activities, positive parenting), which are meant to serve as an addition to professional treatments of depression or to promote mental health in adolescents.
Target groups of the website are parents of adolescents aged 12 to 18 years with a history of depression, as well as parents of healthy adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. Easy access to information about depression would make early recognition of depression more likely and engage parents to help their children to seek help for depression.
Since the website targets two different groups, the investigators will evaluate the website accordingly:
Target group 1: Parents of adolescents with a major depressive disorder (acute or remitted) Target group 2: Parents of healthy adolescents (without a mental health condition)
The current study will focus on target group 2. A study focusing on target group 1 can be found in a separately registered clinical trial on clinicaltrials.gov.
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the website "ich bin alles" (https://www.ich-bin-alles.de/) to improve depression literacy in parents of healthy adolescents without a mental health condition.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| General information about depression | Experimental | Other: General information about depressionExposure to general information about depression |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The absence of a current or remitted diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder in the participants' children is assessed using a semi-structured clinical interview: the "Kinder-DIPS". The Kinder-DIPS is a well-established German interview for the diagnosis of a wide range of axis I psychiatric disorders in children from ages six to 18.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Insufficient knowledge of German
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| General information about depressionBefore starting the intervention, the participants are told that they will be shown parts of a website about depression. The participants are instructed to carefully attend to the website (e.g., to read the text precisely, to hear attentively to the podcasts and to view carefully the videos and images on the website). The time window spent for the reception of each part of the website are fixed. The participants will be shown parts of the website regarding general information about depression. | Other | General information about depression |
Primary outcome
Change in Depression Literacy - Depression in children and adolescents as psychiatric disorder
Time frame: Pre-Test, Post-Test (within 2 hours), Follow-Up (Week 4)
This self-designed questionnaire is a self-report inventory to assess knowledge of depression in children and adolescents (frequency and comorbidities, treatment, symptoms, causes and course of depression; 26 items), with higher scores indicating more knowledge of depression as psychiatric disorder. Participants will complete this self-designed questionnaire at pre-test, post-test and follow-up to determine change in knowledge of depression in children and adolescents.
2 secondary outcomes
Visual Aesthetics of Websites Inventory Short Version (VisAWI-S)
Time frame: Post-Test (within 2 hours)
Overall reception of the website
Time frame: Post-Test (within 2 hours)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 30 Jun 2022.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Data in our study contains sensitive participant information, such as sociodemographic information. Since participants could possibly be identified by making our raw data publicly available, ethical principles of protecting participant confidentiality would be breached. Aggregated group data can be made available upon request.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Gerd Schulte-Körne, Professor study director
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing General information about depression in people with Depressive Disorder and Depression in Adolescence, run by Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich at 1 site in Germany.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Jun 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Depression Literacy - Depression in children and adolescents as psychiatric disorder (time frame: Pre-Test, Post-Test (within 2 hours), Follow-Up (Week 4)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Jun 2022.