Effectiveness of a guided mobile app intervention for depression and anxiety in university students (PROMES-U study): protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
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This article presents the protocol for the PROMES-U study, a multicenter randomized controlled trial evaluating a guided mobile app intervention for depression and anxiety in Spanish university students. The resource outlines the methodology for recruiting undergraduate participants, assigning them to either a minimally guided CBT-based mHealth group or a control group, and assessing outcomes at baseline and follow-up intervals. It is intended for researchers and clinicians interested in the design and implementation of digital mental health prevention trials within academic settings.
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- Laura Ballester (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Margalida Gili (Research Institute of Health Sciences), Miquel Roca (Research Institute of Health Sciences), Inés Forteza-Rey (Research Institute of Health Sciences), Victoria Soto‐Sanz (Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), Gemma Vilagut (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Franco Amigo (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Berta Moreno‐Küstner (Universidad de Málaga), Philippe Mortier (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), José A. Piqueras (Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), Ana Portillo-Van Diest (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Marisa Rebagliato (Universitat Jaume I), Tíscar Rodríguez‐Jiménez (Universidad de Zaragoza), Jordi Alonso (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), The PROMES-U study group
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- 2025-11-03
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- 10.1186/s12889-025-24752-3
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@article{allodium:9739a64e7e3e4ac7,
title = {Effectiveness of a guided mobile app intervention for depression and anxiety in university students (PROMES-U study): protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial},
author = {Laura Ballester and Margalida Gili and Miquel Roca and Inés Forteza-Rey and Victoria Soto‐Sanz and Gemma Vilagut and Franco Amigo and Berta Moreno‐Küstner and Philippe Mortier and José A. Piqueras and Ana Portillo-Van Diest and Marisa Rebagliato and Tíscar Rodríguez‐Jiménez and Jordi Alonso and The PROMES-U study group},
year = {2025},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1186/s12889-025-24752-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24752-3}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Effectiveness of a guided mobile app intervention for depression and anxiety in university students (PROMES-U study): protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial AU - Ballester, Laura AU - Gili, Margalida AU - Roca, Miquel AU - Forteza-Rey, Inés AU - Soto‐Sanz, Victoria AU - Vilagut, Gemma AU - Amigo, Franco AU - Moreno‐Küstner, Berta AU - Mortier, Philippe AU - Piqueras, José A. AU - Diest, Ana Portillo-Van AU - Rebagliato, Marisa AU - Rodríguez‐Jiménez, Tíscar AU - Alonso, Jordi AU - group, The PROMES-U study PY - 2025 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1186/s12889-025-24752-3 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24752-3 ER -
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Ballester, L., Gili, M., Roca, M., Forteza-Rey, I., Soto‐Sanz, V., Vilagut, G., Amigo, F., Moreno‐Küstner, B., Mortier, P., Piqueras, J. A., Diest, A. P., Rebagliato, M., Rodríguez‐Jiménez, T., Alonso, J., & group, T. P. S. (2025). Effectiveness of a guided mobile app intervention for depression and anxiety in university students (PROMES-U study): protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24752-3
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