N/A
N=120
College Student Stress: Transitions Over Time
Depressive Symptoms
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06583096 ↗Enrolled (actual)
120
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Percentage of Eligible Participants Who Agreed to Participate in the Trial — 120 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Surveys (Behavioral); Supportive Text messages (Behavioral); Personalized Feedback (PF) Report (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 17+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Primary completion
- Nov 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Percentage of Eligible Participants Who Agreed to Participate in the Trial |
120 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Participants Who Completed Follow-ups |
23; 81; 23; 80; 24; 79 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Participants That Remain Active (i.e. do Not Request to Stop Messages) on the Text-message Group |
88 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Withdrawals |
0; 2 | — |
| PRIMARY Total Percent of Feedback Reports That Were Viewed Across All Sent Feedback Reports |
37; 34; 29; 30; 26; 29 | — |
| PRIMARY Percent of Participants (in the Intervention Arm) That Viewed a Personalized Feedback Report at Least Once |
70 | — |
| PRIMARY Participant Self-reported Satisfaction With the Intervention Components - Assessment-only |
6.12; 6.00; 3.24; 6.20; 4.12; 5.16 | — |
| PRIMARY Participant Self-reported Satisfaction With the Intervention Components - Intervention Only |
6.18; 5.90; 4.31; 4.04; 5.25; 4.18 | — |
Summary
This research study is being conducted to better understand how college students develop and cope with stress and to identify opportunities to help students notice and respond to stress early before symptoms contribute to significant negative consequences.
This project will be completed in two parts. In the first part (not a trial) participants will be asked to complete a screening survey to determine eligibility. Eligible participants (i.e., those with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms and not receiving mental health care) will continue into the clinical trial portion (part two). There were 120 students in the clinical trial phase of the study, where 30 were randomly assigned to "assessment only" and 90 to the "intervention" condition.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- First-year college students that are full-time or part-time students enrolled at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor or Flint campuses
- Mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms, and are not receiving professional mental health services will be eligible
Exclusion Criteria
- Under the age of 17
- Currently be receiving mental health therapy/counseling from a healthcare professional
- Experiencing minimal depressive symptoms (defined in protocol)
- Experiencing moderately severe to severe depressive symptoms (defined in protocol)
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06583096). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.