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NCT Number: NCT04210648

Effectiveness and Security Testing of a Mobile App for Self-Managing Emotion Dysregulation

To assess the effectiveness and security of a mobile App (beta version) for people with borderline traits recruited from a non-clinical population of college students in Barcelona (Spain). The main primary outcome will be the severity of the emotional dysregulation. Forty participants will use the mobile app over 6 months. This group while be compared at post-treatment and at 3-month follow-up with other 40 participants (control group) with any intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Emotional Dysregulation

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Borderline traits
  • Aged between 18 to 65 years
  • College students

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

Mobile app

Device

Mobile app for self-managing emotional dysregulation

Primary outcomes

  1. Emotion dysregulation severity

    Time frame: 9-month

    Severity of emotional dysregulation as measured by a single score from the The DERS scale (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation scale) (range: 0-88; the higher the score, the more severe the emotion dysregulation severity).

  2. smartphone addiction

    Time frame: 9-month

    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).

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Alvaro Frias

CONTACT

[email protected]

0034689554606

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Consorci Sanitari del Maresme

Other

Collaborators

  • University Ramon Llull

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness and Security Testing of a Mobile App for Self-Managing Emotion Dysregulation in a Non-Clinical Population With Borderline Traits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Dec 26, 2019
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2024

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