Mobile App for Mood in Pregnancy (Ginger iO)

• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT02761720
• Collaborator: Ginger.io (Industry)
• Enrollment: 72
• Location: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The Mobile Mood Tracking App study is a small randomized trial of acceptability and usability of a mobile phone mood tracking application (mobile app) among women with depressed mood in pregnancy. The study will be assessing the perceived value and usability of this tool in pregnancy over eight weeks to test whether women using this app are more likely to receive assessments and treatments of depressed mood than women not using it.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Mood Disorders; Depression	Other: No Intervention

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 72 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Study Start Date: Feb 1, 2015
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Nov 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
MyPennMedicine (MPM) Participants assigned to this arm downloaded only the MyPennMedicine mobile app.	Other: No Intervention
MPM and Ginger iO Participants assigned to this arm downloaded both the MyPennMedicine mobile app and Ginger iO mood tracking app.	Other: No Intervention
Lottery Participants assigned to this arm downloaded both the MyPennMedicine mobile app and Ginger iO mood tracking app. They were also given a lottery incentive if they completed 70% of the daily mood ratings.	Other: No Intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Evidence of increased provider intervention for the treatment of worsening depressive symptoms confirmed by the mobile mood tracking application. [8 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Positive screening for elevated depression symptomatology (PHQ-9 score must be greater than or equal to 5.)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with pregnancies of less than 33 weeks gestation.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Dickens Center for Women's Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	United States	19104

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Pennsylvania
• Ginger.io

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: University of Pennsylvania
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02761720
• Other Study ID Numbers: 821784
• First Posted: May 4, 2016
• Last Update Posted: May 4, 2016
• Last Verified: May 1, 2016

• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Mood Disorders

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 4, 2016