Online Culture for Mental Health in People Aged 16-24

NCT04663594 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0009275
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 463
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

O-ACE POP is a randomised controlled trial of an online cultural experience named Ways of Being, compared to a typical museum website (the Ashmolean Museum). The primary aim is to compare these two interventions by efficacy on mood, distress (depression and anxiety), flourishing and investigate potential mechanisms of action, as well as the feasibility of a larger scale RCT.

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• PANAS

  Is a widely used scale of emotion and comprises 20 items, 10 measuring positive affect (excited, inspired etc) and 10 measuring negative affect (upset, afraid etc), on a Likert Scale of 1 (very slightly) to 5 (extremely). We will be measuring change between baseline and time-points (in Timeframe)

  Baseline, Days 2-4 (morning and evening), Day 5, six weeks

• K10

  The K10 is a well validated self-report measure of distress (depression and anxiety). We will be measuring change between baseline and time-points (in Timeframe)

  Baseline, Day 5, six weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Facial expression recognition task

  Baseline, Day 5, six weeks

• Probabilistic Incentive Learning Task

  Baseline, Day 5, six weeks

• Flourishing

  Baseline, Day 5, six weeks

• Loneliness

  Baseline, Day 5, six weeks

Study Arms (2)

Ways of Being online Experience

EXPERIMENTAL

Ways of Being (WoB) every day for three days

Other: WofB

Ashmolean Website

OTHER

The Ashmolean Website every day for three days

Other: Ashmolean Website

Interventions

WofB OTHER

Online experience designed to reduce anxiety and depression and support mental health and wellbeing

Ways of Being online Experience

Ashmolean Website OTHER

A generic museum website owned by the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford.

Ashmolean Website

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• People ages 16-24

You may not qualify if:

• No access to a laptop or desktop computer

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Oxford: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ashmolean Museum Website

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Syed Sheriff RJ, Vuorre M, Riga E, Przybylski AK, Adams H, Harmer CJ, Geddes JR. A cultural experience to support mental health in people aged 16-24 during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a typical museum website: study protocol of an online randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2021 Jul 22;22(1):482. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05441-z.

  PMID: 34294126 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Two arm study, 1:1 randomisation (stratified by gender)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2020
• First Posted: December 11, 2020
• Study Start: December 4, 2020
• Primary Completion: February 10, 2021
• Study Completion: February 10, 2021
• Last Updated: May 6, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The data will be made available on OSF once peer reviewed

Locations

GB (1)