Randomized Clinical Trial of an Internet-Based Depression Prevention Program for Adolescents (Project CATCH-IT) in Primary Care: Twelve-Week Outcomes
Extracted findings (6)
Adolescents receiving motivational interviewing plus Internet-based depression prevention were significantly less likely to experience a clinically significant depressive episode by 12 weeks compared
Effect: improvement; OR 0.068; CI: 95% CI: 0.007, 0.61
Adolescents in the motivational interview group were significantly less likely to report hopelessness at 12 weeks compared to the brief advice group (2% vs 15%, p=0.044), though this difference did no
Effect: improvement; 2% vs 15%, p=0.044
Both groups of at-risk adolescents receiving an Internet-based depression prevention program in primary care demonstrated substantial declines in depressed mood scores on the CES-D-10 from baseline to
Effect: improvement; Cohen's d 0.69 (all participants, baseline to 6 weeks); CI: 95% CI: 0.38, 1.0
Primary depressive disorder and continuous symptom outcomes at 6 and 12 weeks were similar between the MI and BA groups, with no statistically significant between-group differences on CES-D-10 scores
Effect: null
Self-harm thoughts and hopelessness declined significantly for all participants from baseline to 6 weeks and from 6 weeks to 12 weeks in the combined Internet-based depression prevention program sampl
Effect: improvement
There was one suicide attempt in the brief advice arm one week after enrollment; the event was classified as non-research related due to the individual's prior suicide attempts and psychiatric hospita
Effect: adverse; 1 suicide attempt in BA arm (1 week after enrollment)