Online Culture for Mental Health in People Aged 16-24

NCT ID: NCT04663594

Last Updated: 2022-05-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

463 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-04

Study Completion Date

2021-02-10

Brief Summary

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O-ACE POP is a randomised controlled trial of an online cultural experience named Ways of Being, compared to a typical museum website (the Ashmolean Museum). The primary aim is to compare these two interventions by efficacy on mood, distress (depression and anxiety), flourishing and investigate potential mechanisms of action, as well as the feasibility of a larger scale RCT.

Detailed Description

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People of target age will be actively recruited with a link to Participant information and E-consent procedures for those who fulfil inclusion criteria and consent to entering their email address.

Consenting participants will enter a demographic questionnaire. Participants will then be emailed a unique ID number and requested to complete a baseline assessment on a computer, including self-report measures and online tasks. Participants will then be randomised to WoB or the Ashmolean Website. Once randomised participants will be requested to log on to the intervention at least once a day for the next three days

Randomisation and blinding Randomisation procedures will be followed. The participants will be aware of which intervention they have been allocated to. All measures are online and self-report.

Ways of Being (WoB) is an online cultural experience designed to reduce distress (symptoms of anxiety and depression) and promote positive mental health in people aged 16-24. It is a web-experience based on qualitative research and co-production with people aged 16-24. The experience is based on human centred narratives related to the objects and artworks of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and partner museums. In addition, other people's viewpoints on the objects and artworks or narrative, are a focus of the experience. The experience combines text, audio and aesthetic elements.

The Ashmolean Website is a generic museum website owned by the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford. The Ashmolean is the oldest public museum in the UK, and has incredibly rich and diverse collections from around the globe, ranging from classical civilisation to the Pre-Raphaelites and modern art. The website is aimed at general museum visitors, tourists, families, primary, secondary and tertiary learners, teachers, and those with specialist cultural interests.

Statistical Analysis Plan The main outcome will be the mean PANAS score at each time point. These will be regressed on time (pre-intervention vs. during, exit and follow up), a group indicator (WoB vs. the Ashmolean Website), and their interaction.

Conditions

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Depression Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Two arm study, 1:1 randomisation (stratified by gender)
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Ways of Being online Experience

Ways of Being (WoB) every day for three days

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

WofB

Intervention Type OTHER

Online experience designed to reduce anxiety and depression and support mental health and wellbeing

Ashmolean Website

The Ashmolean Website every day for three days

Group Type OTHER

Ashmolean Website

Intervention Type OTHER

A generic museum website owned by the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford.

Interventions

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WofB

Online experience designed to reduce anxiety and depression and support mental health and wellbeing

Intervention Type OTHER

Ashmolean Website

A generic museum website owned by the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

People ages 16-24

Exclusion Criteria

* No access to a laptop or desktop computer
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Oxford

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Ashmolean Museum Website

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Syed Sheriff RJ, Vuorre M, Riga E, Przybylski AK, Adams H, Harmer CJ, Geddes JR. A cultural experience to support mental health in people aged 16-24 during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a typical museum website: study protocol of an online randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2021 Jul 22;22(1):482. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05441-z.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34294126 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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0009275

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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