University of Malaga
María Rodríguez Bailón
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of the use of mobile application ("OcupApp") to generate a personal self-analysis about meaningful activities in which adults between the ages of 50 and 70 with anxiety and subclinical depression participant. A randomized study will be carried out comparing the effects of the use of the application "OcupApp" with a control intervention on the quality of life related to health, mental health, frequency of participation on meaningful activities, and perceived occupational balance.
Anxiety Disorder
Depressive Disorder
Occupational Therapy
Mobile App
OcuApp
Three-part work
Not Applicable
OcupApp is a mobile application developed within the research team, which aims to promote occupational self-analysis in adults with depression and/or anxiety. The mobile application allows to offer feedback to participants about the meaning of the activities they carry out daily and their perception of occupational balance, which generates a subjective self-reflection that can lead to the implementation of some personal changes in their weekly routine. For this, the person must register the activities they carry out throughout a week and mark each one of them with a punctuation related to the meaning of the following dimensions: identity, pleasure, competence, importance and value of the activity by other people. The punctuation give will be on a Likert-type scale from 1 to 5. The application also allows to collect other information such as where the activity takes place, its duration, and the people with whom it is carried out. Also, at the end of the week, the application will ask users about their perceived occupational balance. All the information registered in the mobile application will be returned to the person in a dynamic and understandable way. Based on this, the person can establish two goals to accomplish. In this sense, OcupApp will offer personalized recommendations based on the objectives to be achieved related to the dimensions of meaning.}}
| Study Type : | Interventional |
| Estimated Enrollment : | 134 participants |
| Masking : | Double |
| Masking Description : | Masking will be single blind since the researchers will know the assigned arm. Participants will know the group they belong, but not the hypotheses of the study or the superiority that is sought of one intervention over the other. However, data evaluators will remain blind to the allocation of patients to group. |
| Primary Purpose : | Treatment |
| Official Title : | Effectivity of an Occupational-self-analysis Intervention Through a Mobile Application (OcupApp) in People With Anxiety or Depression: A Randomised Controlled Trial Protocol |
| Actual Study Start Date : | September 15, 2023 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 1, 2023 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 1, 2024 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: OcuApp Users the experimental group will use a mobile application (Ocu App), to generate a personal self-analysis about meaningful activities. |
Behavioral: OcuApp |
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Active Comparator: Three-part work users The intervention on the control group will focus on offering to the participants an informative three-part work on the positive effects of performing activities. |
Behavioral: Three-part work |
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 50 Years to 70 Years |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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