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Register:	German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on:	8 April 2024
Main ID:	DRKS00013480
Date of registration:	28/11/2017
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	Universität Salzburg
Public title:	Effectiveness and feasibility of a humor training to promote humor and decrease stress in a subclinical sample: an uncontrolled study
Scientific title:	Effectiveness and feasibility of a humor training to promote humor and decrease stress in a subclinical sample: an uncontrolled study
Date of first enrolment:	01/02/2017
Target sample size:	40
Recruitment status:	Complete
URL:	http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00013480
Study type:	interventional
Study design:	Allocation: N/A: single arm study; Masking: Open (masking not used); Control: uncontrolled; Assignment: single; Study design purpose: prevention
Phase:	N/A

Countries of recruitment
Austria

Contacts

Name:	Nektaria Tagalidou
Address:	Hellbrunner Straße 34 5020 Salzburg Austria
Telephone:	004366280445102
Email:	nektaria.tagalidou@sbg.ac.at
Affiliation:	Universität Salzburg

Name:	Nektaria Tagalidou
Address:	Hellbrunner Straße 34 5020 Salzburg Austria
Telephone:	004366280445102
Email:	nektaria.tagalidou@sbg.ac.at
Affiliation:	Universität Salzburg

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: subclinical symptoms of depressiveness, anxiety or exhaustion

F 33.4 WITHOUT current depressive episode
Exclusion criteria: every current mental disorder

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

F33.4

Recurrent depressive disorder, currently in remission

-subclinical symptoms of depressiveness, anxiety, and exhaustion
F33.4

Intervention(s)

Group 1: Seven-weeks humor training. The training consists of seven sessions once a week which last 90 minutes. In between the sessions participants have to do homework.

Primary Outcome(s)

Coping humor scale (CHS) - measures humor as a coping mechanism

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) - measures perceived stress

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

Secondary Outcome(s)

State-Trait-Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI) - measures the amount of cheerfulness

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R) - measures depressiveness

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) - measures anxiety

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

Well-being questionnaire (WHO-5) - measures well-being

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

Gelotophobia questionnaire (Geloph-15) - measures the fear of being laughed at by others

--> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

Secondary ID(s)

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Universität Salzburg

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 14/12/2016
Contact:

Ethikkommissionder Paris Lodron-Universität Salzburg [Ethikkommission der Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg]

Results

Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:	16/08/2017
URL:	http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00013480#studyResults

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