Effectiveness of an Online Life Skills-based Intervention on Mental Health

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

It is a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial designed to assess the effectiveness of an online life skills education in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress and improving self-efficacy and coping skills among Arabic secondary school students at Arabic schools in Klang Valley in Malaysia.

Clinical Trial Description

Children and adolescents' mental health is a global public health issue. Worldwide, it is estimated between 10% and 20% of children and adolescents suffer from mental health problems. Depression and anxiety are the most frequently encountered mental disorders which significantly impact children and adolescents. These disorders have been shown to increase the risk of adverse outcomes such as impairment, loss of productivity and community involvement, decreased educational performance, increased likelihood of engaging in risky behaviours, disability, and increased self-harm and suicide rates. Migrant children and adolescents are at increased risk of these mental disorders, mainly Arabic immigrants. Arab adolescents face additional challenges such as high illiteracy rates, inadequate health services and poor access to health facilities, especially mental health facilities. There is also a clear trend of the increasing burden of mental disorders in the Arabic countries from 1990 to 2015 compared to the global average. This study examines the effectiveness of an online life skills-based intervention in reducing depression, anxiety and stress and improving self-efficacy and coping skills among Arabic secondary school students in Klang Valley in Malaysia. The life skills intervention modules and activities will be developed based on the WHO and UNICEF guidelines for implementing life skills. This program will also undergo a process of consultations with a group of experts. The intervention group will receive education videos and discussion sessions that will target self-awareness, Empathy, Interpersonal relationship skills, Communication skills, Critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and coping with stress and emotion. The sessions will be carried out per week for 1 hour for eight consecutive weeks via the zoom platform. Before conducting the intervention, all the participants will receive a short reminder SMS for enrolling in the online session. The control group will receive the education program after finishing the study. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05370443
Study type	Interventional
Source	Universiti Putra Malaysia
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	November 1, 2022
Completion date	June 1, 2023

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