Effect of a Mental Wellness App on the Mental Wellness of Medical and Nurse Anesthesia Students

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Mental Health Issue

Treatments: Behavioral: QActual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05925062

IRB00098397

Details and patient eligibility

About

Mental health issues and suicide are becoming increasingly common among health care trainees and providers. Suicide is the leading cause of death among male medical residents and the second leading cause of death among female residents.

Full description

Training programs are usually very rigorous, caring for patients is stressful, and those who care for others often feel that they can't or shouldn't admit that they need care themselves. Unfortunately, there is often a stigma associated with mental illness, and trainees may feel that admitting that they struggle could damage their careers. The need exists for easily accessible, immediate, crisis support for medical trainees who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Although the effectiveness of mental health apps has been evaluated in college students, there is very little data assessing their use in medical and nurse anesthesia students. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a mental wellness app on the mental wellness of medical and nurse anesthesia students.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first-year medical students and second-year nurse anesthesia (CRNA) students from Wake Forest University School of Medicine during the 2023 - 2024 academic year (approximately July 2023 - June 2024).

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

QActual

Experimental group

Description:

QActual is a phone-based app that offers peer-to-peer support, tracks mental wellness self-assessments, and provides support to users who are in crisis.

Treatment:

Behavioral: QActual

Control Arm - Subjects not using App

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention