Online Social Support Program for Physical and Mental Health of Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
NCT ID: NCT05660837
Last Updated: 2022-12-21
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
400 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-10-31
2023-08-31
Brief Summary
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Our research questions are the following.
1. Does an online social support program that provides informational and emotional support improve diet, anthropometry, and mental health?
2. Does a mixed-mode social support program that provides informational, emotional support through both online and face-to-face mode improve diet, anthropometry, and mental health?
3. Is a mixed mode social support program more effective in improving outcomes? Does meeting the group members face-to-face change the dynamics of online communication? If yes, what are the mechanisms? Are there differences in the following outcomes by communication modality?
1. Online bonding
2. Group identity
3. Quality of relationship
Detailed Description
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1. Study description
Filipino Migrant Domestic workers (MDWs) working in Hong Kong will be eligible to apply. The investigators will advertise in Newspapers and Facebook commonly read by Filipino MDWs in Hong Kong. The investigators will recruit 400 MDWs over two phases and randomly assign them across three arms, T1) mixed-mode social support program; T2) Online social support program; and C) Control. Online social support program will be delivered through WhatsApp group chat. MDWs will self-fill surveys at Caritas office, but surveys will be assisted by survey enumerators as a group.
2. Logistics
Due to administrative constraints delivering interventions to 400 participants at the same time, the investigators will deliver interventions over two cohorts.
Cohort 1 (\~200 participants)
* Oct 31st-Dec 18th 2022 Baseline survey
* Jan 8th-March 18th 2023 Intervention (10 weeks)
* March 26th -April 16th 2023 Follow-up survey
Cohort 2 (\~200 participants)
* Feb 5th-March 19th 2023 Baseline survey
* March 20th-May 27th Intervention (10 weeks)
* May 28th - June 25th follow-up survey
Note 1: The investigators will enroll participants until the scheduled date for baseline survey or until the investigators recruit target sample size, whichever comes earlier.
Note 2: The investigators will keep the intervention design exactly the same for cohort 1 and cohort 2, and will not analyze data until data collection for both cohort 1 and cohort 2 is complete. Cohort 1 and cohort 2 will be analyzed as one sample.
3. Statistical analysis model - Estimation of treatment effect
In this section, the investigators outline the basic estimation approach to measuring the effect of the treatments on various outcomes.
Our basic treatment effects specification estimates the following equation:
y= β₀ + β₁T1 + β₂T2+ β₃X+ ε where y is the outcome of interest.
T1 and T2 are dummy variables equal to 1 if the participant was randomly assigned to the T1 and T2 group, respectively, and 0 otherwise. β₁ and β₂ represent the effect of being assigned to the specific treatment arm. X is a vector of baseline outcome and individual's characteristics including age, marital status, years working as migrant domestic workers, level of education, received food allowance. ε is an error term. The primary outcome variable, y, include nutrition knowledge, perceived social support, healthy diet, stress, anxiety, and depression. To compare the difference between T1 and T2, we will use F-test coefficient of equality.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
Treatment 1: Mixed-mode social support group Treatment 2: Online social support group Control: No intervention
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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T1: Mixed mode social support group
This group will receive programs in both online and off-line setting. There will be one face-to-face group session to get to know participant's peer group members. After the in-person group meeting, participants will meet in WhatsApp group. In WhatsApp group, facilitator will provide the following program
T1: Mixed mode social support group
This group will receive programs in both online and off-line setting. There will be one face-to-face group session to get to know participant's peer group members. After the in-person group meeting, participants will meet in WhatsApp group. In WhatsApp group, facilitator will provide the following program
1. In person get to know your group member activities
2. Nutrition information through WhatsApp
3. Tips and advice to maintain good mental health through WhatsApp
4. Motivational messages through WhatsApp
5. Reminder through WhatsApp
6. In-person baking class x 1 session
Online social support group
This group will receive the same program as mixed mode social support group. The key differences would be delivery of all program components online.
T2: Online mode social support group
This group will receive the same program as mixed mode social support group. The key differences would be delivery of all program components online.
1. Online get to know your group member activities
2. Nutrition information through WhatsApp
3. Tips and advice to maintain good mental health through WhatsApp
4. Motivational messages through WhatsApp
5. Reminder through WhatsApp
6. Online baking class x 1 session through WhatsApp
Control
This is the control group.
Control group will only participate in baseline and follow-up survey
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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T1: Mixed mode social support group
This group will receive programs in both online and off-line setting. There will be one face-to-face group session to get to know participant's peer group members. After the in-person group meeting, participants will meet in WhatsApp group. In WhatsApp group, facilitator will provide the following program
1. In person get to know your group member activities
2. Nutrition information through WhatsApp
3. Tips and advice to maintain good mental health through WhatsApp
4. Motivational messages through WhatsApp
5. Reminder through WhatsApp
6. In-person baking class x 1 session
T2: Online mode social support group
This group will receive the same program as mixed mode social support group. The key differences would be delivery of all program components online.
1. Online get to know your group member activities
2. Nutrition information through WhatsApp
3. Tips and advice to maintain good mental health through WhatsApp
4. Motivational messages through WhatsApp
5. Reminder through WhatsApp
6. Online baking class x 1 session through WhatsApp
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Migrant domestic worker working in Hong Kong
Exclusion Criteria
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Anirban MUKHOPADHYAY
Professor
Locations
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Hong Kong University of Science of Technology
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Yaeeun Han
Role: primary
Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Role: backup
Other Identifiers
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HREP-2022-0170
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id