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Table 3 Summary of the WellBeing Trial topics for the intervention and control conditions.

From: The ANU WellBeing study: a protocol for a quasi-factorial randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of an Internet support group and an automated Internet intervention for depression

 

Condition

Week

ITP: e-couch

ISG: WellBeing Board

IAC (Control): HealthWatch

1

Depression: What is depression? Risks & causes

How do you feel? (Your WellBeing category)

Environment (Questions)

Environmental Health (Information)

2

Treatments: What works for depression

What helps? Who helps? (Feeling Better category)

Nutrition (Questions)

Nutrition Myths (Information)

3

CBT: Thinking about thinking. (identifying thinking patterns that can lead to depression)

General chit-chat (General category)

Physical & Mental Activities (Questions)

Maintaining a Healthy Heart

(Information)

4

CBT: Changing your thinking (changing your thoughts to change your mood)

Do they understand? (Your WellBeing forum)

Physical Health (Questions)

Energize Yourself (& Your Family) (Information)

5

CBT: Changing your behaviour (how to change your mood by doing things differently)

Positive things that happened to you today. (Feeling Better forum)

Social & Family Relationships (Questions)

Medicines in the Home (Information)

6

CBT review (work on your workbook)

Jokes (General forum)

Travel (Questions)

Temperature Extremes (Information)

7

IPT: Role disputes and relationships

Causes and triggers (Your WellBeing forum)

Education & Post Education (Questions)

Oral Health (Information)

8

IPT: Role changes and grief

Your views on antidepressants & Connecting with others (Feeling Better forum)

Career & Work Relationships (Questions)

Blood Pressure & Cholesterol (Information)

9

Physical activity (Part 1)

Creative corner (General forum)

Music & The Arts (Questions)

Stroke (Information)

10

Physical activity (Part 2)

Effects of stress and feeling bad (Your WellBeing forum)

Popular Culture & Movies (Qs)

Bacteria & Foodborne Illness (Information)

11

How to relax

Psychological therapy & improving your self-esteem (Feeling Better forum)

Humour (Questions)

Calcium (Information)

12

Review

Alternative and lifestyle approaches (Feeling Better forum)

Sport (Questions)

Back Pain (Information)