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. 2020 Jul 20;2020(7):CD013684. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013684

DRKS00013765.

Methods Study design: RCT
Study grouping: parallel group
Unit of randomisation: individuals
Power (power & sample size calculation, level of power achieved): not specified in trial registration
Imputation of missing data: not specified
Participants Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Setting: online intervention
Age: not specified
Sample size (randomised): 260 targeted
Sex: not specified
Comorbidity (mean (SD) of respective measures in indicated, if available): not specified
Population description: resilient college students
Inclusion criteria: 1) student status; 2) internet access; 3) consent; 4) sex: both; 5) age: no minimum or maximum age limit
Exclusion criteria: 1) individuals with significant minor resilience (1 SD below average); 2) individuals who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder within the past 12 months; 3) individuals who are on a waiting list for a psychotherapy, are currently in treatment or have experienced psychotherapeutic treatment in the last 12 months; 4) current or lifelong psychotic or bipolar disorder; 5) individuals with high suicide risk
Attrition (withdrawals and exclusions): not specified
Reasons for missing data: not specified
Interventions Intervention: StudiCare: Resilienz UP (n randomised not specified)
  • delivery: online intervention

  • providers: self‐help intervention; unguided; only technical support provided

  • duration of treatment period and timing: 7 modules

  • description: content not further specified

  • compliance: not specified

  • integrity of delivery: not specified

  • economic information not specified

  • theoretical basis: not specified


Control: wait‐list control (n randomised not specified)
  • description: available after 12 months (also described as TAU)

Outcomes Outcomes collected and reported:
Primary outcome:
  • resilience ‐ scale not specified


Secondary outcomes:
  • depressive symptoms ‐ PHQ‐9

  • anxiety disorder ‐ GAD‐7

  • self‐esteem ‐ RSES

  • alcohol dependency ‐ AUDIT ‐Consumption

  • affective component of well‐being ‐ PANAS

  • psychological well‐being ‐ Ryff Scales of PWB‐29

  • self‐compassion ‐ SCS ‐ Short‐Form

  • detection of psychological health costs ‐ Client Service Receipt Inventory

  • perceived stress ‐ PSS

  • appetitive motifs ‐ Enjoyment Orientation Scale

  • intervention expectation ‐ Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire

  • therapeutic expectations towards the training ‐ Working Alliance Inventory for Technology Based Interventions

  • satisfaction with the treatment ‐ Client Satisfaction Questionnaire


Outcomes reported not specified
Time points measured and reported: post‐intervention (8 weeks after randomisation); time points reported not specified
Adverse events: not specified
Notes Contact with authors: We contacted the authors to ask whether the trial also included healthcare students, but received no response
Study start/end date: date of first enrolment: 15 March 2018; end date not specified
Funding source: primary sponsor: BARMER GEK (Hauptverwaltung, Produktentwicklung, Versorgungsmanagement, Prävention); European Union
Declaration of interest: not specified
Ethical approval needed/obtained for study: approved by Ethics Committee of Friedrich‐Alexander‐University Erlangen‐Nürnberg
Comments by study authors: website, studicare.com
Miscellaneous outcomes by the review authors: based on trial registration, recruiting; unclear if trial also includes healthcare students
Correspondence: Dr Daniel Ebert, Nägelsbachstraße 25a, 91052 Erlangen, Germany; Daniel.Eber@fau.de; phone +49 9131 8567567