C-STRESS: A Mental Health App for College Students With Depression

Stopped early · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Psychological, Mobile Phone Use

In brief

The goal of this pilot study is to examine the feasibility of the prototype C-STRESS app with 3 college students from UCI with clinically significant depression (scored ≥ 10 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9). The main question it aims to answer is: whether the prototype C-STRESS is useful for college students to manage daily stress and depression symptoms. Participants were asked to use the C-STRESS app daily for 6 weeks to participate in CBCT lessons, watch guided meditation videos, complete short reflective exercises, and engage with other content provided in C-STRESS (i.e., attending drop-in sessions, journaling, completing mood and wellbeing check-ins, and reading educational articles on depression, anxiety, and stress). At the end of week 3 and 6, participants completed 6 online surveys (System Usability Scale, Technology Acceptance Model, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, General Anxiety Disorder-7, Health Related Quality of Life-4, and Brief-COPE) to assess C-STRESS's usability/feasibility and changes in depressive symptoms and coping styles over the study period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05776901

Run by

Benten Technologies, Inc.

People needed

3

Starts

2022-05-04

Expected to finish

2022-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2023-09-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Undergraduate or graduate students
• Enrolled at University of California Irvine (UCI)
• Between the ages of 18-30
• Speak and understand English
• Have access to the internet for 6 weeks to participate in study activities via Zoom
• Report clinically significant depression (scores ≥ 10 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9)
• Have a smart phone with either iPhone Operating System (iOS) or android operating system

You may not qualify if…

• Report active suicidal ideation unless they obtain a written note of approval from a psychiatric provider
• Female student who self-report pregnancy or plans to become pregnant within the next 3 months

Where it is running

• UCI — Irvine, California, United States

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