SME(Sharing, Mind & Enjoyment) App for Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT03361475

Last Updated: 2019-03-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

408 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-11

Study Completion Date

2019-02-28

Brief Summary

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SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) App, A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting sharing, mind and enjoyment 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). This project primarily aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through the App. The evaluation will be conducted during the programme implementation stage. The effectiveness of the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention, will be evaluated.

Detailed Description

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A cluster randomized controlled trial design was adopted. The major subjects of SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) App Pilot Project RCT Study are 300-500 middle school students. Two schools will be recruited and randomized to each group. Schools will either be assigned to app intervention group or waitlist control group. The students in the intervention group will use the App for one month. Daily and Weekly tasks related to SME will be assigned through the App, and information related to mental health will be provided. The waitlist control group will be able to use the App after we finish all the assessments.

There will then be 4 assessments (pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, one month and three months after) to evaluate the effects of the intervention programme. In the assessments, students will be asked to complete a questionnaire to measure the changes in SME (sharing, mind and enjoyment) related behaviors, changes of knowledge and attitude towards the anxiety disorder, changes of happiness and well-being.

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 school

One school workshop and a small talk were conducted first at the beginning of the programme, which was to promote SME and introduce the function of SME App for students, followed by downloading and using immediately to connect family members, then let them continue to use for one month with system reminder.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SME App

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The features in the App could be used in the future by linking with some platforms / existing services so that more SME messages can be sent to the students for sharing. One school workshop will be held to promote SME and introduce the function of SME App for students to download and use immediately to connect family members.

SME App promotes SME via:

* Express gratitude to family members (sharing)
* Deliver positive messages regularly (mind)
* Record physical and other joyful activities (enjoyment)
* Increase knowledge and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders)

Waitlist control schools

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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SME App

The features in the App could be used in the future by linking with some platforms / existing services so that more SME messages can be sent to the students for sharing. One school workshop will be held to promote SME and introduce the function of SME App for students to download and use immediately to connect family members.

SME App promotes SME via:

* Express gratitude to family members (sharing)
* Deliver positive messages regularly (mind)
* Record physical and other joyful activities (enjoyment)
* Increase knowledge and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students (major subjects) (intervention group and control group):

1. Chinese speaking
2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
4. Can use the smartphone
5. Form 1 to 4 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. Can use the smartphone
5. With at least one child between form 1 to 4
* School principals/teachers/community partners (intervention group):

1. Principals/teachers of intervention school or staffs of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals 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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Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Sun Yuying

Principle investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yuying Sun, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Post-doctoral Fellow

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

References

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Sun Y, Wang MP, Ho SY, Chan CS, Man PKW, Kwok T, Wan ANT, Lam TH. A Smartphone App for Promoting Mental Well-being and Awareness of Anxious Symptoms in Adolescents: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Games Health J. 2022 Oct 3. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2021.0215. Online ahead of print.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36194074 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SPH-MHP-TWGH01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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