Qoyangnuptu: Peer Mentor

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Qoyangnuptu: Peer Mentor Pilot 1

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06254872
• Other study ID #: 2125144
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2024
• Est. completion date: August 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Northern Arizona University
• Contact: Morgan Vigil-Hayes, PhD
• Phone: 9285234863
• Email: morgan.vigil-hayes[@]nau.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of participating in a peer mentor program in a Southwestern Tribal Community. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• In American Indian/Alaska Native communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of behavioral health?;

• How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment?

Participants will:

• Be trained as peer mentors

• Be trained in how to use the QI App to communicate with mentees

• Guide daily conversation prompts with a group of 3 mentees via the QI App

• Provide daily encouragement to mentees to engage with mindfulness activities on the QI App

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 4
• Est. completion date: August 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Member of Southwestern Tribal Community

• Has a smartphone

• Has access to the Internet with the smartphone at least once per day

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has not completed GED/High School Diploma

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Peer Mentors
Peer mentors provide daily guidance and encouragement to mentees via smartphone app based on training.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northern Arizona University	University of Colorado, Denver

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To measure the acceptability of the Peer Mentorship Program	Through qualitative interviews, the investigators will determine the acceptability of the Peer Mentorship Program. 4 participants will be interviewed after they have participated in the Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentors for 6 weeks.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary	Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on attitudes towards seeking professional mental health assistance.	Measured by the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help - Short Form Scale before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participating as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor.; The Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help is a 10-item measure used to assess attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help on a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 3. Higher total score indicates more positive attitudes towards seeking seeking professional psychological help and is associated with lower levels of stigma against mental illness.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary	Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of depression.	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor.; The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is a 9-item measure used to assess frequency that a participant experiences depressive symptoms. Each item is score on a 4-point scale from 0 ("not at all") to 3 ("every day"). Higher total scores indicate more frequent experience of depressive symptoms.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary	Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of stress.	Perceived Stress Scale 4 before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor.; The Perceived Stress Scale 4 measures participant perceptions of their thoughts and feelings over the past month on 4 items. Each item is scored on a 5-point scale from from 0 ("Never") to 4 ("Very Often"). Higher scores indicate higher levels of stress.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary	Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of mindfulness.	State Mindfulness Scale Physical Activity before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor.; The State Mindfulness Physical Activity scale is a 12 item measure with six items assessing state mindfulness of the mind (i.e., thoughts and emotions) and six items assessing state mindfulness of the body (i.e., movement, body sensations, muscle engagement). The response scale is 0 - 4, with anchors of Not at all (0) and Very much (4). Initial evidence supports a bi-factor structure of the measure in which both a general state mindfulness factor and two specific factors (mind and body) are supported. The bi-factor structure supports the use of using a single score to capture overall state mindfulness, but also the use of two scores capture mindfulness of the mind and mindfulness of the body.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary	Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of quiet ego.	Quiet Ego Scale before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor.; The Quiet Ego Scale is a 14 item measure that assesses detached awareness, inclusive identity, perspective taking, and growth. Each item is assessed on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 ("strongly disagree") to 5 ("strongly agree"). A higher score indicates a stronger quiet ego.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary	Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of social connectedness.	University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale 3 before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor.; The Loneliness Scale 3 comprises 3 questions that measure 3 dimensions of loneliness: relational connectedness, social connectedness, and self-perceived isolation. Each item is measured on a 3-point scale from 1 ("Hardly Ever") to 3 ("Often"). Higher scores indicate greater perceptions of loneliness.	Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor