Online Mental Health Program for Female College Students

NCT04982523 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Nursing001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Late adolescence and early adulthood are the most exposed to trauma. College students exposed to trauma may experience depression, anxiety, stress, and difficulties adapting to college life. Depression symptoms are the most common reactions that people experience after traumatic experiences. Depression also harms college students reactions that people experience after traumatic experiences. It is difficult for people who are depressed to meet their social function. Trauma also has adverse physical effects, including dysfunction of the hypothalamus and adrenal axis, lowering blood cortisol levels. As a result, the body's immune system is disturbed, leaving people more exposed to diseases and experiencing more pain and fatigue. In particular, women are more vulnerable to PTSD than men. Women with post-traumatic stress and depression are also more likely to be exposed to several diseases. Moreover, when traumatized female college students experience life stress, it worsens their mental health and interferes with their studies. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the most effective content composition method for trauma intervention. CBT should be improved by helping to reduce PTSS and depression and managing various aspects of life, such as nutrition, activity, and rest. One major advantage of online programs is that they do not face any time or space constraints, and they are also less expensive than face-to-face programs. More importantly, online programs can reduce psychological barriers to participation. This is especially important for women who are more likely to feel shame and stigma about interpersonal traumas, such as those arising from relationships and sexual trauma, which are obstacles to their access to face-to-face programs. College students can easily access online programs because of their familiarity with the Internet, so the programs can be immediately available in response to crises without requiring them to expose personal information to unfamiliar therapists. In this study, the interventions program was based on the Roy Adaptation Model to address post-traumatic physical and mental health problems among female college students in Korea. Hypothesis

• The post-traumatic stress scores, depressive symptom scores of participants who access the program will decrease more than those who do not.
• The functional health scores, college adaptation scores of participants who access the program will increase more than those who do not.

Conditions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Keywords

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Depression; Internet-Based Intervention; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change of post-traumatic stress symptoms

  Impact of Event Scale-Revised-Korean(IES-R-K). Version for Korean was measured the post traumatic stress symptom of female college students pre-test, post-test 1,2. The total score is 0 \~ 88 points, and the higher the total score, the more severe the post-traumatic stress symptoms.

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change of depression

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8weeks

• Fuctional Health

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8weeks

• College to adaptation

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8weeks

Study Arms (2)

Online Mental Health Program Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The online mental health program of 8 sessions is provided. Data collection was collected pre-, post-, and one month after the program.

Behavioral: Online Mental Health Program

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Data collection was collected three times for three months. No intervention was provided during the study. If they wanted, they were provided the online mental health program same as the experimental group after data collection.

Interventions

Online Mental Health Program BEHAVIORAL

The proposed program consisted of eight sessions conducted twice per week, consisting of 5 minutes of introductory material, 12-15 minutes of main content, and 5 minutes of concluding content. The main content intended to improve the control processes and each of the four adaptive modes of the RAM. The eight sessions were uploaded on the web. Links and passwords for each session were provided to the participants through SNS. The program was accessible from any electronic device with Internet access

Online Mental Health Program Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 29 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Male and female's cognition of trauma is different, and women are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress.
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• female college students between 19 and 29 years
• who had a traumatic experience
• who had post-traumatic stress symptom scores of 22-66

You may not qualify if:

• who experienced childhood sexual abuse
• who had experienced violent conflict or war, including North Korea defectors
• who had a post-traumatic stress score greater than 66 points

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CHA University: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHA University

Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 1160, South Korea

Location

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  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Depression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Kyunghyun Lee, Ph. D

  CHA University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2021
• First Posted: July 29, 2021
• Study Start: April 27, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2020
• Study Completion: December 3, 2020
• Last Updated: July 29, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

KR (1)