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Effectiveness of a Waitlist App "Stappvoorstap" During Mental Healthcare Waiting Times
Sponsor: GGZ Centraal
Summary
This study evaluates the effectiveness of Stappvoorstap, a mobile self-management application designed for adults on mental health waiting lists in the Netherlands. The app helps users monitor daily stress levels, recognize personal stress patterns, and provides coping strategies, relaxation exercises, and supportive resources. Using a multiple baseline single-case experimental design, participants use the app for 4 weeks while completing weekly questionnaires measuring perceived stress, coping self-efficacy, and quality of life. The study aims to determine whether the app can reduce stress and improve wellbeing during the waiting period before mental healthcare treatment begins.
Official title: Bridging the Gap: A Multiple Baseline Design Study on the Effectiveness of a Mobile-based Stress Management Intervention in Adults on Waiting Lists for Mental Healthcare
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
54
Start Date
2025-03-17
Completion Date
2027-12
Last Updated
2026-02-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Stappvoorstap: mobile self-management waitlist intervention
Stappvoorstap is a free mobile self-management application developed in co-creation with mental health waitlist clients. The app measures daily stress levels 2-4 times per day through short questionnaires, creates visual overviews of personal stress patterns on daily and weekly scales, provides real-time coping suggestions, offers mindfulness and relaxation exercises (breathing exercises, meditation, nature sounds, calming music), and includes informational articles and personal experience stories.
Locations (1)
GGZ Centraal
Almere Stad, Flevoland, Netherlands