Mood Lifters Online for Graduate Students and Young Professionals

Sponsor

University of Michigan (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05078450

Collaborator

(none)

180

Enrollment

Location

Arms

15.3

Anticipated Duration (Months)

11.8

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Mood Lifters is a revolutionary mental wellness program that teaches scientifically validated strategies in a supportive group setting. This study will test two new versions of the program designed specifically for graduate students and young professionals.

Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what the participants learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness. Additionally, participants will complete a series of measures (approx. 1-1.5 hours) prior to, at the end of the program, 1 month after the program and 6 months after the program.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Depression Anxiety Disorders Mood Disorders Mental Illness Stress	Behavioral: Mood Lifters	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

180 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Mood Lifters Online

Actual Study Start Date :

Sep 22, 2021

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Graduate Student Program This is the graduate student version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns.	Behavioral: Mood Lifters Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.
Experimental: Young Professional Program This is the young professional version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns.	Behavioral: Mood Lifters Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.
No Intervention: Waitlist This is the waitlist. Participants may be randomly assigned here first. After the typical period fo the intervention on the waitlist (12 weeks), these participants will be invited to join the arm which they are most appropriate for (i.e., graduate student or young professional).

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Graduate Student Program

This is the graduate student version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns.

Behavioral: Mood Lifters

Experimental: Young Professional Program

This is the young professional version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns.

Behavioral: Mood Lifters

No Intervention: Waitlist

This is the waitlist. Participants may be randomly assigned here first. After the typical period fo the intervention on the waitlist (12 weeks), these participants will be invited to join the arm which they are most appropriate for (i.e., graduate student or young professional).

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 [through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Assesses Depressive Symptoms (Range 0-27; higher scores indicate more significant symptoms of depression)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 [through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Assesses Anxiety Symptoms (Range 0-21; higher scores indicate more significant symptoms of anxiety)
Perceived Stress Scale [through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Assesses Perceived stress (Range 0-40; higher scores indicate more significant perceived stress)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

22 Years to 32 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants ages 22-32 (must identify as either a graduate student or a young professional)

Exclusion Criteria:

Active suicidality, mania, or psychosis

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan	United States	48103

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Michigan

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Patricia Deldin, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05078450

Other Study ID Numbers:

HUM00163570

First Posted:

Oct 14, 2021

Last Update Posted:

Oct 22, 2021

Last Verified:

Oct 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 22, 2021