Online HOPE Intervention on Mental Health Literacy Among Youths in Singapore: An RCT Protocol

National University of Singapore

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression Literacy; Mental Health Literacy; Stress, Psychological; Psychological Well-being

Treatments: Behavioral: Online HOPE intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04266119

S-19-251

NYF/Jul19/01 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The author developed the HOPE intervention based on a systematic review (Tay, Tay, & Klainin-Yobas, 2018). The overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.

Full description

The study will be a two-group, parallel randomized control trial (RCT), with a pre-test, post-test and repeated, control group design.

he overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, on depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• : a) students of a particular University in Singapore, b) aged between 18 to 24 years old, c) had internet access and d) could read, write and understand the English language.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria were reading or hearing disabilities. This was because the online HOPE intervention consists of written words and videos that require visual and auditory abilities, respectively.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The HOPE intervention can be accessed through web. It consists of two sessions per week, with a total of four sessions. In this study, participants will be sent weekly weblinks for access to each session. Each session take about ten minutes to complete. Each session consist of pre-post multiple-choice and/or open-end question, video(s) and mental health information. The first session is about depression. The second session is about positive psychology and consists of relevant exercises such as gratitude, affect-based and strength-based exercises. The third session describes anxiety disorder. The last session describes relaxation techniques and self-management of unhelpful thoughts. Each session consists of quizzes, video(s), and graphical / written information

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online HOPE intervention

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group will receive a control website intervention that consists of several graphical inspirational quotes. Examples of the quotes are, 'Today is full of possible' and 'You can do anything'.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online HOPE intervention