"Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1

Treatments: Behavioral: Lyrics-writing and singing show

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03368014

SPH-MHP-BGCA02

Details and patient eligibility

About

"Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) and enhancing mental well-being. The Mental Wellness Project is financially supported by the Health Care and Promotion Fund from Food and Health Bureau and led by the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU). "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - A Pilot Project aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through intervention of physical activities, and to promote their happiness, well-being and mental health knowledge.

Full description

A cluster randomized controlled trial design will be adopted. The major subjects are 720-900 students. Four secondary schools in Hong Kong will be included in the evaluation. Schools will either be assigned into lyrics-writing and singing show intervention group or wait-list control group (the intervention won't be provided during the evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period).

The intervention mainly included 1) Lyrics-writing and Singing Competition with student and family entries: [a] lyrics-writing workshop and a short talk on SME focusing on praising family members and knowledge of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being; [b] use SME as theme for lyrics-writing and submit records of SME during lyrics-writing and singing; and [d] all entries are submitted in the form of audios. 2) SME Lyrics-writing and Singing Show and Award Ceremony (sharing): live performance by awarded entries and prize presentation ceremony.

There will then be 4 assessments (pre-intervention, immediate post intervention, one month and three months after baseline) to evaluate the effects of the intervention programme. In the assessments, students will be asked to complete questionnaires to measure the changes in SME related behaviors, happiness, well-being and knowledge and attitude towards mental health. The satisfaction towards the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention will be evaluated.

Enrollment: 1,784 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students (major subjects): (Intervention group and waitlist control group)

  1. Chinese speaking
  2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
  3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
  4. Secondary school students

• Parents: (Intervention group)

  1. Chinese speaking
  2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
  3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
  4. With at least one secondary school child

• School principals/teachers/community partners: (Intervention group)

  1. Principals/teachers of intervention school and/or staffs of The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association in partnership with HKU research team who organize plan or implement the project
  2. Adults aged 18 or above
  3. Chinese speaking
  4. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
  5. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire/individual in-depth interviews completion

Exclusion criteria

• Students who cannot read Chinese

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,784 participants in 2 patient groups

Lyrics-writing and singing show

Experimental group

Description:

The one-hour lyrics-writing and singing workshop was conducted first at the beginning of the programme for the intervention group, followed by two small workshops teaching lyrics-writing skills and the lyrics-writing competition after the workshop. A lyrics writing and singing show and an award ceremony will be held at the end.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lyrics-writing and singing show

Waitlist control

No Intervention group

Description:

The workshops will not be provided to the control schools during the evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period.