Effectiveness and Security Testing of a Mobile App
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
To assess the effectiveness and security of a mobile App (beta version) for self-managing emotion dysregulation in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial with 80 adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder comparing 40 patients with treatment as usual (TAU) with 40 patients with TAU plus the mobile App
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment as usual plus mobile app Those who will receive naturalistic treatment in outpatient setting and also the mobile app |
Device: Mobile app
Medical device for improving emotion dysregulation
Combination Product: Treatment as usual
Bimonthly individual psychotherapy and psychostimulant medications
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Active Comparator: Treatment as usual Those who will receive naturalistic treatment in outpatient setting but not the mobile app |
Combination Product: Treatment as usual
Bimonthly individual psychotherapy and psychostimulant medications
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Emotion dysregulation severity [9 months]
Severity of emotional dysregulation as measured by a single score from the The DERS (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale) (range: 0-88; the higher the score, the more severe the emotion dysregulation severity).
- Smartphone addiction [9.months]
Severity of smartphone addiction as measured by the Spanish version of the The Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) (range: 10-60; the higher the score, the more severe the smartphone addiction severity).
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition) of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
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High emotion dysregulation severity
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Aged 14 to 17 years
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Outpatient setting (Consorci Sanitari del Maresme
Exclusion Criteria:
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Comorbidity with mental retardation
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Comorbidity with psychotic disorder
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Comorbidity with autism spectrum disorder
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Consorci Sanitari del Maresme
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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