Online HOPE Intervention on Mental Health Literacy Among Youths in Singapore: An RCT Protocol

Stress, Psychological Clinical Trial

Official title:

Online HOPE Intervention on Mental Health Literacy Among Youths in Singapore: An RCT Protocol

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04266119
• Other study ID #: S-19-251
• Secondary ID: NYF/Jul19/01
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2020
• Est. completion date: December 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: National University, Singapore
• Contact: Jing Ling Tay, MN
• Phone: 93847905
• Email: e0223169[@]u.nus.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The author developed the HOPE intervention based on a systematic review (Tay, Tay, & Klainin‐Yobas, 2018). The overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.

Description:

The study will be a two-group, parallel randomized control trial (RCT), with a pre-test, post-test and repeated, control group design.

he overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, on depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: December 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• : a) students of a particular University in Singapore, b) aged between 18 to 24 years old, c) had internet access and d) could read, write and understand the English language.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria were reading or hearing disabilities. This was because the online HOPE intervention consists of written words and videos that require visual and auditory abilities, respectively.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression Literacy
• Mental Health Literacy
• Psychological Well-being
• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online HOPE intervention
Online HOPE intervention to increase mental health literacy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National University, Singapore	Piyanee KLAININ-YOBAS, Associate Professor from National University of Singapore, Yong Shian Shawn GOH, Assistant Professor from National University of Singapore

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depression Literacy	using D-Lit. The scale consists of 22 items that are scored 'true', 'false' or 'don't know'. Greater scores equate greater depression MHL.	Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Primary	Anxiety literacy	A-Lit. The scale consists of 22 items that are scored 'true', 'false' or 'don't know'. Greater scores equate greater anxiety MHL.	Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Primary	Mental health literacy	depression vignette (shortened)	Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Secondary	Psychological well-being	Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale. PWB can be measured by the 18-items psychological well-being scale that measures the six dimensions of PWB (Ryff, 1989). The scale ranges from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Scores ranged from 18 to 123, with greater points indicating greater PWB.	Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Secondary	Stress	Perceived Stress Scale. The 10-question perceived stress scale (PSS) consists of five response categories: never (0), almost never (1), sometimes (2), fairly often (3), and very often (4). Total scores range from 0 to 56, with higher scores indicating higher stress.	Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months