A School-based Intervention to Promote Mental Health and Self-efficacy Among Students in 7th to 10th Grade

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Self Efficacy; Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Mental health course

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05993026

31509

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study is an evaluation of school-based intervention. The intervention aims to strengthen students' well-being and increase their mental health through training in tools that increase self-efficacy and ability to understand themselves and others. The Danish Committee for Health Education is responsible for developing and implementing the intervention and for recruiting schools, while the the Danish National Institute of Public Health at University of Southern Denmark is responsible for the evaluation of the intervention, including data collection, analysis and reporting.

Enrollment: 3,966 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Student classes in grade 7 to grade 10. This corresponds to students who are typically ages between 12 and 16 years old.

Exclusion Criteria: None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3,966 participants in 1 patient group

Mental health course

Experimental group

Description:

A mental health-promoting student course offered to lower secondary school classes delivered by their teacher or another employee of the school. T

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mental health course