Aim of this study
depression, anxiety
SECONDARY, RECRUITMENT
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the use of healthy lifestyle promotion via digital intervention for patients seeking mental health services in primary care. An additional aim was to inform the suitability of executing a larger multi-center randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the intervention. The intervention had neither previously been assessed in digital format, nor been offered to the target group in this study, so the investigation was exploratory, without a priori, directional hypotheses.The primary study aim was thus to evaluate the use of a digitalized version of the paper-and-pencil HP intervention described above (Blomstrand The secondary aim was, in turn, to evaluate the randomization process, in preparation for the planned RCT; an embedded recruitment trial design was chosen to fulfill this aim. Specific research objectives included comparing follow-up rates by group and, as a secondary objective, analyzing any changes occurring in depression, anxiety, and lifestyle behaviors.