SME(Sharing, Mind & Enjoyment) App for Adolescents

NCT03361475 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SPH-MHP-TWGH01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 408
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) App, A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting sharing, mind and enjoyment 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). This project primarily aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through the App. The evaluation will be conducted during the programme implementation stage. The effectiveness of the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention, will be evaluated.

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 behaviours from baseline to three-month after baseline.

  T1: before the SME App workshop (baseline); T3: 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 SME App workshop (baseline); T2: immediately after the SME App workshop ( post intervention ); T3: 1-month after baseline; T4: 3-month after baseline

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

  T1: before the SME App workshop (baseline); T3: 1-month after baseline; T4: 3-month after baseline

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

  T1: before the SME App workshop (baseline); T3: 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 SME App workshop (baseline); T3: 1-month after baseline; T4: 3-month after baseline

• Satisfaction toward SME App Project

  T2: immediately after the SME App workshop ( post intervention ); T3: 1-month after baseline; T4: 3-month after baseline

Study Arms (2)

Intervention school

EXPERIMENTAL

One school workshop and a small talk were conducted first at the beginning of the programme, which was to promote SME and introduce the function of SME App for students, followed by downloading and using immediately to connect family members, then let them continue to use for one month with system reminder.

Behavioral: SME App

Waitlist control schools

NO INTERVENTION

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

Interventions

SME App BEHAVIORAL

The features in the App could be used in the future by linking with some platforms / existing services so that more SME messages can be sent to the students for sharing. One school workshop will be held to promote SME and introduce the function of SME App for students to download and use immediately to connect family members. SME App promotes SME via: * Express gratitude to family members (sharing) * Deliver positive messages regularly (mind) * Record physical and other joyful activities (enjoyment) * Increase knowledge and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders)

Intervention school

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 control group):
• Chinese speaking
• Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
• Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
• Can use the smartphone
• Form 1 to 4 students
• Parents (intervention group):
• Chinese speaking
• Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
• Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
• Can use the smartphone
• With at least one child between form 1 to 4
• School principals/teachers/community partners (intervention group):
• Principals/teachers of intervention school or staffs of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in partnership with HKU research team, who organize plan or implement the project
• Adults aged 18 or above

You may not qualify if:

• Students who cannot read Chinese

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Sun Y, Wang MP, Ho SY, Chan CS, Man PKW, Kwok T, Wan ANT, Lam TH. A Smartphone App for Promoting Mental Well-being and Awareness of Anxious Symptoms in Adolescents: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Games Health J. 2022 Oct 3. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2021.0215. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 36194074 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Yuying Sun, Dr.

  Post-doctoral Fellow

  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: Principle investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2017
• First Posted: December 4, 2017
• Study Start: January 11, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2018
• Study Completion: February 28, 2019
• Last Updated: March 29, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Locations

HK (1)