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NCT06887569
Using Financial Incentives and Screening to Increase Engagement With Mental Health Services Among College Students in Chennai, India
NA trial testing Rewards in Depression/Anxiety in 340 participants. Completed in 25 May 2025.
25 May 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | factorial |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 340 |
| Start date | 20 January 2025 |
| Primary completion | 25 May 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 25 May 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across India |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Rewards
- Screening
Conditions studied
- Depression/Anxiety — all drugs for Depression/Anxiety →
Sponsor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Who can join
Adults 18 to 30, female only, with Depression/Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to increase engagement with mental health services among a sample of college students in Chennai, India. The study is being conducted in partnership with an arts and science college for women in Chennai. The sample will be recruited within classrooms, during college hours. All students present in the classroom per the allotted time will be introduced to the study. The research team will obtain consent from those interested after screening them for age eligibility (between the ages of 18 and 30 years). Study participants will then complete a baseline survey including questions around demographics, perceptions of their own mental health, mental health treatment history, and the PHQ-ADS, a standardized composite screening tool for depression and anxiety. The experimental design is an RCT with 4 groups, randomized at the individual level: (1) a control group, which will watch a video with information about mental health and be able to access therapy in college and at SCARF, a mental health center in Chennai, at no cost for the duration of the study; (2) a screening group, in which, in addition to the interventions in the control group, students will be informed whether their responses to the PHQ-ADS questions fit in the standard risk categories of no, mild, moderate, or severe distress and corresponding recommendations for whether to make an appointment with a counselor/therapist; (3) a rewards group, in which, in addition to the interventions in the control group, students will be provided with a cash payment for attending their first therapy session; and (4) a combined screening and rewards group. The investigators will measure interest in, and take-up of, therapy at the individual level.
Publications & conference data
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06887569 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Last refreshed: 25 September 2025
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