Complaint-Directed Mini-Interventions for Depressive Complaints: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Unguided Web-Based Self-Help Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevention of depression is important due to the substantial burden of disease associated with it. To this end, we developed a novel, brief, and low-threshold Web-based self-help approach for depressive complaints called complaint-directed mini-interventions (CDMIs). These CDMIs focus on highly prevalent complaints that are demonstrably associated with depression and have a substantial economic impact: stress, sleep problems, and worry.

Objective

The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Web-based self-help CDMIs in a sample of adults with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms compared to a wait-list control group.

Methods

A two-armed randomized controlled trial was conducted. An open recruitment strategy was used. Participants were randomized to eith

SUBMITTER: Lokman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5244033 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature