Evaluating The Impact of A Mental Health App on Depression and Resilience Among Medical Students
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Full digital mental health intervention, Basic digital mental health intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Resilience. Basic parameters: 18 years — 30 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Malaysia
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Evaluating The Impact of A Mental Health App on Depression and Resilience Among Medical Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
Overview
This randomized controlled trial aims to determine whether access to a mental health app improves resilience and reduces depressive symptoms among medical students over a three-month period. Compared to the control group, researchers hypothesized that medical students in the intervention group are expected to show: * Significant reductions in depressive symptoms and greater improvements in resilience after three months of usage. * Significant reduction in thoughts of self-harm and anxiety, and improvement in self-esteem after three months of usage. Researchers will compare two groups to evaluate the app's impact on wellbeing: * Intervention group: Receives immediate full access to the mental health app. * Control group: Receives basic, without full access to the mental health app. Participants will explore and experience the various features offered in the mental health app over a three-month period.
Interventions
- Behavioral Full digital mental health intervention
Name of the mental health app - Intellect: Create A Better You - Behavioral Basic digital mental health intervention
Name of mental health app - Intellect: Create a Better You
Primary outcome measures
- Depressive symptoms [Time frame: Baseline and 3 months]
- Resilience [Time frame: Baseline and 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Anxiety [Time frame: Baseline and 3 months]
- Self-esteem [Time frame: Baseline and 3 months]
- Subjective wellbeing [Time frame: Baseline and 3 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 18 to 30;
- Enrolled in medical school (preclinical or clinical years);
- Owns a smartphone;
- Able to read and understand English.
Exclusion criteria
- Does not consent to study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Malaysia · 1 center
- Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia — Cheras
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07397299 · JEP-2025-884