Study on User Experience and Acceptance of the ich bin alles Website Providing Information on Youth Depression

What this Trial Is About

Depressive disorders are common among children and adolescents and have increased since before the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aims to evaluate the user experience and acceptance of the German website ich bin alles, which provides evidence-based information about youth depression, including symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention. The study also seeks to find out if the website reaches its intended audience effectively. Participants will interact with the ich bin alles website, a digital platform developed by the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at LMU Munich and the Prof. Otto Beisheim Foundation. The website targets children and adolescents with depression, as well as healthy youth and parents, focusing on education, prevention, support, and reducing stigma. The study uses a combination of methods including website analysis tools like Matomo and an online questionnaire to gather data. During participation, users will spend 40 seconds using the website, after which they will complete questionnaires measuring their characteristics, website content perception, usability, visual appeal, overall impression, and intentions to revisit. Website usage data will also be collected over 45 months from launch until study completion. The results will help improve the website and guide future approaches to inform young people and families about mental health and depression. The study runs until June 2025.

Evaluation of the Naturalistic User Experience of the Website "ich Bin Alles"