Massive Mental Health Screening Using Smartphones in 24 Pre-graduate Education Centers in Mexico City: TEDUCA Survey Protocol

Depression Clinical Trial

— TEDUCA  

Official title:

Massive Mental Health Screening Using Smartphones in 24 Pre-graduate Education Centers in Mexico City: TEDUCA Survey Protocol

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04067076
• Other study ID #: SmartMexSurvey2
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: August 26, 2019
• Est. completion date: August 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to make a massive suicide risk and social behavior assessment in 24 pre-graduate education centers in Mexico City (approximately 30,000 students aged between 15 and 22 years), taking also into account other outcomes such as depression, anxiety, alcohol and drugs. For this, an app for Smartphone (MeMind) or a web platform (www.MeMind.net) will be used in which the participants will take a self-administered questionnaire, composed of several psychometric instruments.

Our main hypothesis is that identification of suicide risk in the Mexico City's student community is feasible using their own smartphones and can serve as both a population screening tool for early specialist referral, as well as a tool for evaluating social behavior strategies and their relation to suicide behavior.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30000
• Est. completion date: August 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 22 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Use a smartphone as personal or computer terminals enabled by the municipality of Milpa Alta or educational services.

2. Be able to understand the nature, purpose and methodology of the study.

3. Accept participation in the study and check the corresponding box in the app to verify that the informed consent has been expressly given.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject deprived of liberty (by judicial or administrative decision)

2. Subject protected by law (guardianship or conservatorship)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Drug Abuse
• Social Behavior
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Suicidal Ideation

Intervention

Other:
• Self-administered evaluation questionnaire
Smartphone app with MeMind questionnaires

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	Alcaldía Milpa Alta. Ciudad de México	Mexico City

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz	Gobierno de la Ciudad de Mexico, Instituciones Educativas de nivel Medio Superior (IEMS) de Ciudad de México, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Suicidal ideation	Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) is encompassed into MeMind for this purpose.; In C-SSRS, four constructs are measured. The first is the severity of ideation, which is rated on a 5-point ordinal scale from 1="wish to be dead" to 5="suicidal intent with plan".; The second is the intensity of ideation, which comprises 5 items, each rated on a 5-point ordinal scale: frequency, duration, controllability, deterrents, and reason for ideation.; The third is the behavior, which is rated on a nominal scale that includes actual, aborted, and interrupted attempts; preparatory behavior; and nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior.; And the fourth is the lethality, which assesses actual attempts; actual lethality is rated on a 6-point ordinal scale.; Results are coded in the instrument itself with colored labels that indicates definitions of suicidal ideation and behavior, quantify both of them and gauge their severity.; Definitions are available elsewhere (http://cssrs.columbia.edu).	1 Day
Primary	Social Behavior	The assessment of social interaction will be carried out through six games that expose the participant to decision-making in preset environments with very simple and easily understandable rules (Dictator's Game, Prisoner's Dilemma, Loss Aversion, Risk Aversion, Trust Game or The Investment Game, and Ambiguity Aversion).	1 Day
Secondary	Depression	Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire regarding possible symptoms related to depression.; PHQ-9 questionnaire is emcompassed into Memind for this purpose.	1 Day
Secondary	Anxiety	Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire regarding possible symptoms related to anxiety.; GAD-7 (only screeni	1 Day
Secondary	Drug Utilization	Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire regarding possible symptoms related to drug abuse.; DAST (only questions 1,6,7) is emcompassed into Memind for this purpose.	1 Day
Secondary	Alcohol Drinking	Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire regarding possible symptoms related to alcohol abuse.; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)	1 Day

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