Pre- and Post-tests Impact of a Football Tournament on the Mental Well-being of Kuru Community Youths in Jos-South: A Single Arm Mixed Methods Study

Nottingham Trent University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Football Tournament

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05612126

0000-0001-5034-0335c

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sporting activities such as football tournaments are instrumental in promoting community mental health. A community-based football tournament intervention will benefit the participating individuals' physical and mental health and promote community cohesion.

The anticipated benefits of the proposed football tournament are:

• To bring a greater sense of community cohesion and togetherness.
• To improve physical and mental health (e.g., increase fitness, reduce anxiety, depression, loneliness, suicidal ideation or self-harm).

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male youths
• Between 18 and 35 years
• Able to give informed consent
• Residents of the Kuru community of Jos-South
• No history of chronic health concerns (e.g., chronic heart disease, severe depression etc).

Exclusion criteria

• Females
• Below 18 or above 35 years
• Unable to give informed consent
• History of chronic health concerns (e.g., chronic heart disease, severe depression etc).