Evaluation of a Serious Game Aimed at Improving Mental Health in Youth.

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Silver

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04608578

BC - 07288

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game aimed at improving mental health in teenagers aged 12-16 years old. This will test the effectiveness by studying the effect on emotion regulation strategies, coping strategies, the presence of cognitive errors and suicidal ideation. Participants will also be asked to evaluate the game. The study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in secondary schools in Flanders.

Enrollment: 3,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dutch speaking
• having access to a smartphone or tablet

Exclusion criteria

• not being part of the selected classes in the participating schools

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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3,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group gain access to the game after filling in the baseline online questionnaire. The participants are asked to play at least two characters in the game. They have two weeks to play the game.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Silver

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Waitlist control group