Effect of a Mental Wellness App on the Mental Wellness of Medical and Nurse Anesthesia Students

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of a Mental Wellness App on the Mental Wellness of Medical and Nurse Anesthesia Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05925062
• Other study ID #: IRB00098397
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2024
• Est. completion date: August 2024

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Contact: James R Beardsley, PharmD, BCPS
• Phone: 336.713.3412
• Email: jbeardsl[@]wakehealth.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Mental health issues and suicide are becoming increasingly common among health care trainees and providers. Suicide is the leading cause of death among male medical residents and the second leading cause of death among female residents.

Description:

Training programs are usually very rigorous, caring for patients is stressful, and those who care for others often feel that they can't or shouldn't admit that they need care themselves. Unfortunately, there is often a stigma associated with mental illness, and trainees may feel that admitting that they struggle could damage their careers. The need exists for easily accessible, immediate, crisis support for medical trainees who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Although the effectiveness of mental health apps has been evaluated in college students, there is very little data assessing their use in medical and nurse anesthesia students. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a mental wellness app on the mental wellness of medical and nurse anesthesia students.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: August 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• first-year medical students and second-year nurse anesthesia (CRNA) students from Wake Forest University School of Medicine during the 2023 - 2024 academic year (approximately July 2023 - June 2024).

Exclusion Criteria:

• none

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Issue

Intervention

Behavioral:
• QActual
QActual is a phone-based app that offers peer-to-peer support, tracks mental wellness self-assessments, and provides support to users who are in crisis.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Wake Forest University Health Sciences	Winston-Salem	North Carolina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores	Scores less than 5 almost always signified the absence of a depressive disorder; scores of 5 to 9 predominantly represented patients with either no depression or subthreshold (i.e., other) depression; scores of 10 to 14 represented a spectrum of patients; and scores of 15 or greater usually indicated major depression.	Baseline
Primary	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores	Scores less than 5 almost always signified the absence of a depressive disorder; scores of 5 to 9 predominantly represented patients with either no depression or subthreshold (i.e., other) depression; scores of 10 to 14 represented a spectrum of patients; and scores of 15 or greater usually indicated major depression.	Month 3
Primary	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores	Scores less than 5 almost always signified the absence of a depressive disorder; scores of 5 to 9 predominantly represented patients with either no depression or subthreshold (i.e., other) depression; scores of 10 to 14 represented a spectrum of patients; and scores of 15 or greater usually indicated major depression.	Month 6
Primary	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores	Scores less than 5 almost always signified the absence of a depressive disorder; scores of 5 to 9 predominantly represented patients with either no depression or subthreshold (i.e., other) depression; scores of 10 to 14 represented a spectrum of patients; and scores of 15 or greater usually indicated major depression.	Month 9
Primary	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores	Scores less than 5 almost always signified the absence of a depressive disorder; scores of 5 to 9 predominantly represented patients with either no depression or subthreshold (i.e., other) depression; scores of 10 to 14 represented a spectrum of patients; and scores of 15 or greater usually indicated major depression.	Year 1
Secondary	Number of crisis alerts triggered	Number of crisis alerts triggered	Year 1
Secondary	Number of daily wellness check-ins completed	Number of daily wellness check-ins completed	Year 1
Secondary	Satisfaction with the app Scores	Satisfaction with the app scores - a global scale that is used to assess attitudes and views. It is a scale with 5 answer options which has two utmost poles and a neutral option linked with intermediate answer options. For example, agree, fully agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, and fully disagree	Year 1
Secondary	Time periods associated with lower daily wellness check scores	Time periods associated with lower daily wellness check scores (these will be compared to the academic calendar to detect any correlations) - The mean daily wellness check scores for Medical students and CRNA students will be retrospectively reviewed. Days where the mean score for the day differ significantly from the mean score for the year will be recorded	Year 1