Stay Well at Home: a Text-messaging Study Social Distancing

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, COVID-19

In brief

The investigators have developed supportive text-messages in English and Spanish to help people cope with the stress and anxiety of COVID-19 social distancing. The purpose of this study is to examine if automated text-messages will improve depression and anxiety symptoms and enhance positive mood. Additionally, the investigators will compare the effectiveness of sending messages on a random schedule (using a micro-randomized trial design) or sent by a reinforcement learning policy on overall change in depression and anxiety symptoms and daily mood during the 8-week study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04473599

Run by

University of California, Berkeley

People needed

1000

Starts

2020-04-17

Expected to finish

2023-01-10

Last updated by the study team

2023-05-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Over 18 years old
• Own a mobile phone
• Speak English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Not owning a mobile phone
• Under 18 years old

Where it is running

• University of California Berkeley — Berkeley, California, United States

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