Evaluating a Digital Single-session Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health in New Zealand

The University of Waikato

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: Project SOLVE; Behavioral: Project Success

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06896071

HREC(Health)2024#60

Details and patient eligibility

About

Currently, one in five rangatahi (young people) in Aotearoa report difficulty accessing support for their mental health concerns. This treatment gap has prompted academics and clinicians to consider whether online and/or school-based interventions can increase access to evidence-based mental health care.

This research is a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Project SOLVE, an online problem-solving intervention, compared to Project Success, an activity that teaches young people study skills. Underdeveloped problem-solving skills have been associated with varying presentations of mental distress, including depression, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation. This association has meant problem solving is often featured as a core component of therapeutic interventions, and strengthening problem solving skills has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in youth who experience mental health concerns.

For these reasons, the investigators hope that Project SOLVE will support the development of problem solving in rangatahi in Aotearoa and have a positive effect on their proximal and longitudinal mental health outcomes.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any Year 9 student (ages 12-14 years old) at a participating school who provides assent.

Exclusion criteria

• Any Year 9 student (ages 12-14 years old) at a participating school who does not provide assent and/or whose parent/caregiver does not provided consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Project SOLVE

Experimental group

Description:

In this arm, participants will complete Project SOLVE.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Project SOLVE

Project Success

Active Comparator group

Description:

In this arm, participants will complete Project Success.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Project Success