Using a Smartphone App to Target Current Mental Health Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depression, Anxiety, Cancer

In brief

This is a prevention intervention study that will examine the efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention in decreasing cancer risk by targeting mental health risk factors of anxiety and depression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06037382

Run by

Trustees of Dartmouth College

People needed

102

Starts

2023-09-25

Expected to finish

2025-03-06

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-13

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64).
• fluent in English.
• Able to provide informed consent.
• Meets current criteria for an anxiety and/or depressive disorder with severity ranging from moderate to severe (based on the Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire).
• Owns a smartphone.

You may not qualify if…

• Acute psychosis (based on the self-reported Structured Interview for Psychosis risk Syndromes, Prodromal Questionnaire - Brief version [SIPS PQ-B]).
• Moderate to high suicidal ideation (based on a response of 2 or more on the PHQ-9 item-9).
• History of bipolar disorder (based on the self-reported Mood Disorder Questionnaire [MDQ].
• Past or current diagnoses of cancer.
• Changes to treatments or medications in the past 30 days.

Where it is running

• Dartmouth College — Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

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