Psychoeducational Intervention to Promote Adolescents' Mental Health Literacy in a School Context

NCT03872817 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 71/2015
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Mental Health Literacy was defined as knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that aid in its recognition, management or prevention. Portugal is the European country with the highest prevalence of mental illness in the population (22.9%) and anxiety disorders are the most common (16.5%). Approximately 20% of children and adolescents suffer from some mental disorder and about 8% of adolescents aged 13 to 18 years have some anxiety disorders. Portugal School Health Program 2015 evidences the promotion of health literacy and anxiety as areas of intervention in adolescence. The investigators intend to know the feasibility of a psychoeducational intervention to promote adolescents' mental health literacy (MHL) about anxiety in a school context.

Conditions

Health Literacy

Keywords

Mental Health; Health Literacy; Adolescent; Schools

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of a psychoeducational intervention to promote adolescents' mental health literacy about anxiety in school setting using mental health literacy questionnaires.

  Improvement and change of adolescents' mental health literacy from baseline, measured before, immediately following the psychoeducational intervention and 1 month follow-up. Measuring instruments: Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire. Treatment and analysis of data: content analysis and IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0

  Before, immediately following the psychoeducational intervention and 1 month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Intervention ProLiSMentAl

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental Group receive mental health literacy psychoeducational intervention called "ProLiSMentAl" that consist of 4 sessions of 90 minutes.

Other: Intervention ProLiSMentAl

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Control Group receive usual approach.

Interventions

Intervention ProLiSMentAl OTHER

Using different methods and pedagogical techniques, mental health literacy psychoeducational intervention called "ProLiSMentAl" consist of 4 sessions of 90 minutes: 1) improvement social anxiety recognition; 2) prevention strategies; 3) self-help strategies; 4) knowledge of first aid strategies and 5) knowledge of professionals and treatments available.

Intervention ProLiSMentAl

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• All adolescents', students from 9th grade with informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• students with special needs;
• students of other years of schooling
• students without informed consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra: lead

Related Publications (7)

• Jorm AF, Korten AE, Jacomb PA, Christensen H, Rodgers B, Pollitt P. "Mental health literacy": a survey of the public's ability to recognise mental disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment. Med J Aust. 1997 Feb 17;166(4):182-6. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140071.x.

  PMID: 9066546 BACKGROUND

• Jorm AF. Improving the mental health of the population: where to next? Med J Aust. 2014 Jul 7;201(1):23-4. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00509. No abstract available.

  PMID: 24999880 BACKGROUND

• Jorm AF. Mental health literacy: empowering the community to take action for better mental health. Am Psychol. 2012 Apr;67(3):231-43. doi: 10.1037/a0025957. Epub 2011 Oct 31.

  PMID: 22040221 BACKGROUND

• Jorm AF. Mental health literacy. Public knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders. Br J Psychiatry. 2000 Nov;177:396-401. doi: 10.1192/bjp.177.5.396.

  PMID: 11059991 BACKGROUND

• Loureiro LM. Questionnaire for Assessment of Mental Health Literacy - QuALiSMental: study of psychometric properties. Revista de Enfermagem Referência serIV(4): 79-88, 2015. https://dx.doi.org/10.12707/RIV14031

  BACKGROUND

• Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, Michie S, Nazareth I, Petticrew M. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 May;50(5):587-92. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.09.010. Epub 2012 Nov 15. No abstract available.

  PMID: 23159157 BACKGROUND

• Morgado T, Loureiro L, Rebelo Botelho MA, Marques MI, Martinez-Riera JR, Melo P. Adolescents' Empowerment for Mental Health Literacy in School: A Pilot Study on ProLiSMental Psychoeducational Intervention. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 29;18(15):8022. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158022.

  PMID: 34360315 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Tânia Morgado, RN, MSc

  CHUC, EPE, EsenfC and UICISA:E

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse

Model Details: Participants are assigned in two groups, an experimental group who will receive the psychoeducational intervention "ProLiSMentAl" and a control group who have usual intervention

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 11, 2019
• First Posted: March 13, 2019
• Study Start: February 2, 2016
• Primary Completion: March 13, 2016
• Study Completion: May 31, 2016
• Last Updated: March 13, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share