Joyful Adventure Day for Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT03361462

Last Updated: 2021-10-20

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

505 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-12-11

Study Completion Date

2019-02-28

Brief Summary

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Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) and enhancing mental wellbeing. The Mental Wellness Project is financially supported by the Health Care and Promotion Fund from Food and Health Bureau and led by the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU). Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through intervention of physical activities, and to promote their happiness, well-being and mental health knowledge.

Detailed Description

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A cluster randomized controlled trial design will be adopted. The Project will organize two joyful adventure days in secondary schools in the form of physical activities and competitions with the following activities:

* Fitness assessment (enjoyment) and in-door games, which will be designed, supervised and supported by experienced social workers;
* Short interactive talk on SME, positive thinking and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being;
* Issue achievement / improvement stickers to students, and attractive prizes to the 10 fittest students by chairperson / members of Parent-Teacher Association (sharing);
* Provide physical activity diary after 1st session of adventure day, and invite family members / peers to join the competition at the 2nd session.

The major subjects of Joyful Adventure Day Pilot Project RCT study are 200-300 students. 3 schools will be included in the evaluation. The classes in the same school will either be assigned into intervention group or waitlist control group (the intervention won't be provided during evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period.).

There will then be 4 assessments (pre-intervention, immediate post intervention, one month and three months after baseline) to evaluate the effects of the intervention programme. In the assessments, students will be asked to complete questionnaires to measure the changes in fitness enjoyment, physical activity frequency, happiness, well-being and knowledge and attitude towards mental health. The satisfaction towards the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention will be evaluated.

Conditions

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Mental Health Wellness 1

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Two joyful adventure days in the form of physical activities and competitions with adventure games and short interactive talk on SME.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Joyful Adventure Day

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will participate in two joyful adventure days with adventure games and a short talk on SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) focusing on positive thinking and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being; provide physical activity diary, such as "Zero-time Exercise" after 1st session of adventure day, and invite family members / peers to join the competition at the 2nd session.

Waitlist control group

The intervention won't be provided during evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Joyful Adventure Day

Participants will participate in two joyful adventure days with adventure games and a short talk on SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) focusing on positive thinking and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being; provide physical activity diary, such as "Zero-time Exercise" after 1st session of adventure day, and invite family members / peers to join the competition at the 2nd session.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students (major subjects): (Intervention group and waitlist control group)

1. Chinese speaking
2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
4. Secondary school students
* Parents: (Intervention group)

1. Chinese speaking
2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
4. With at least one secondary school child
* School principals/teachers/community partners: (Intervention group)

1. Principals/teachers of intervention school and/or staffs of The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association in partnership with HKU research team who organize plan or implement the project
2. Adults aged 18 or above
3. Chinese speaking
4. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
5. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire/individual in-depth interviews completion

Exclusion Criteria

* Students who cannot read Chinese
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Daniel Sai-Yin Ho

Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Daniel, Sai Yin Ho, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Associate Professor

Locations

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School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

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SPH-MHP-BGCA01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id