Joyful Adventure Day for Adolescents

NCT03361462 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SPH-MHP-BGCA01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 505
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) and enhancing mental wellbeing. The Mental Wellness Project is financially supported by the Health Care and Promotion Fund from Food and Health Bureau and led by the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU). Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through intervention of physical activities, and to promote their happiness, well-being and mental health knowledge.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Keywords

Sharing; Mind; Enjoyment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in the concept of Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) for adolescents and their family members.

  The outcome-based questionnaire will be used to evaluate participants' frequency of performing the suggested Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) related behaviors from baseline to three-month after baseline.

  T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Changes in the knowledge and understanding about mental health for adolescents and their family members.

  T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T2: immediately after the 1st Joyful Adventure Day ( post intervention ); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 4-month after baseline

• Changes in personal happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline

• Changes in mental well-being from baseline to three-month after baseline.

  T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline

• Changes in individual and family health from baseline to three-month after baseline

  T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline

• Satisfaction toward Joyful Adventure Day Project

  T2: immediately after the 1st Joyful Adventure Day ( post intervention ); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Two joyful adventure days in the form of physical activities and competitions with adventure games and short interactive talk on SME.

Behavioral: Joyful Adventure Day

Waitlist control group

NO INTERVENTION

The intervention won't be provided during evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period

Interventions

Joyful Adventure Day BEHAVIORAL

Participants will participate in two joyful adventure days with adventure games and a short talk on SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) focusing on positive thinking and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being; provide physical activity diary, such as "Zero-time Exercise" after 1st session of adventure day, and invite family members / peers to join the competition at the 2nd session.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Students (major subjects): (Intervention group and waitlist control group)
• Chinese speaking
• Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
• Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
• Secondary school students
• Parents: (Intervention group)
• Chinese speaking
• Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
• Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
• With at least one secondary school child
• School principals/teachers/community partners: (Intervention group)
• Principals/teachers of intervention school and/or staffs of The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association in partnership with HKU research team who organize plan or implement the project
• Adults aged 18 or above
• Chinese speaking
• Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication

You may not qualify if:

• Students who cannot read Chinese

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Officials

• Daniel, Sai Yin Ho, Dr.

  Associate Professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2017
• First Posted: December 4, 2017
• Study Start: December 11, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2018
• Study Completion: February 28, 2019
• Last Updated: October 20, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)