The Caring Universities Project: LifeHack

Summary

Within the Caring Universities project (study protocol VCWE- 2021-175 accepted by the VCWE), the investigators have developed a guided e-health programme (LifeHack) designed to improve positive mental health in university students. With the current study, the investigators aim to examine the feasibility and acceptability of LifeHack - with and without a fixed structure - to improve students' positive mental health and well-being.

The secondary goals are to gain insight into pre-test to post-test differences regarding general well-being, symptoms of depression, anxiety and quality of life.

Conditions

• Well-being

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LifeHack

Participants assigned to LifeHack will follow a six week-guided online intervention with a fixed structure where the themes are delivered in a predefined order, and the contents get unlocked sequentially. The first mandatory module is the introduction module which also functions as a goal-setting module. Following this, students complete one mandatory module per week (and the optional modules if they choose to do so) delivered sequentially, starting with the theme of mood, studies, social life and finally, self-esteem. Students complete the themes one by one and the consecutive themes (and modules) are unlocked only after completing the main module of the assigned theme.

BEHAVIORAL

LifeHack-C

Participants assigned to LifeHack-C will receive the same guided online intervention, but they can choose what theme they would like to start with, when to work on it and how many modules they wish to complete. After completing the introduction module, the participants will be advised to complete two modules per week and at least four in total. Therefore, the program's duration will be approximately two and six weeks. However, participants can follow the program at their own pace.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Erasmus University Rotterdam

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Amsterdam

  collaborator OTHER

• Leiden University

  collaborator OTHER

• Maastricht University

  collaborator OTHER

• Utrecht University

  collaborator OTHER

• InHolland University of Applied Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• VU University of Amsterdam

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Pim Cuijpers, dr. Prof · VU University of Amsterdam

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-11-02

Primary Completion

2023-02-28

Completion

2023-05-31

Countries

• Netherlands

Study Locations