A School-based Intervention to Promote Mental Health and Self-efficacy Among Students in 7th to 10th Grade
Evaluation of a School-based Intervention to Promote Mental Health and Self-efficacy Among Students in 7th to 10th Grade in Denmark: A Single-group Pre- and Post-test Design
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Brief Summary
The present study is an evaluation of school-based intervention. The intervention aims to strengthen students' well-being and increase their mental health through training in tools that increase self-efficacy and ability to understand themselves and others. The Danish Committee for Health Education is responsible for developing and implementing the intervention and for recruiting schools, while the the Danish National Institute of Public Health at University of Southern Denmark is responsible for the evaluation of the intervention, including data collection, analysis and reporting.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 7, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 15, 2023
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 15, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2024
CompletedDecember 11, 2024
December 1, 2024
11 months
August 7, 2023
December 9, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Mental wellbeing measured by the short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS)
Measurements at baseline (one week before treatment) and follow-up (approximately 4 months after baseline)
Self-efficacy measured by two items used in the Danish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study
Inspired by R. Schwarzer and M. Jerusalem two indicators to measure general self-efficacy: 'How often can you find a solution to problems if you try hard enough?' and 'How often can you manage the things you set your mind to?'
Measurements at baseline (one week before treatment) and follow-up (approximately 4 months after baseline)
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Social and emotional competence
Measurements at baseline (one week before treatment) and follow-up (approximately 4 months after baseline)
Student relationships
Measurements at baseline (one week before treatment) and follow-up (approximately 4 months after baseline)
Teacher support
Measurements at baseline (one week before treatment) and follow-up (approximately 4 months after baseline)
General school engagement
Measurements at baseline (one week before treatment) and follow-up (approximately 4 months after baseline)
Study Arms (1)
Mental health course
EXPERIMENTALA mental health-promoting student course offered to lower secondary school classes delivered by their teacher or another employee of the school. T
Interventions
The student course involves classroom-based teaching of eight lessons over eight weeks. The aim is to strengthen students' faith in their own abilities (self-efficacy) and ability to understand themselves and others (mentalization). In this way, students become better at entering into positive relationships and communities as well as better at handling everyday challenges both academically and socially. The student course includes teaching, exercises and training in simple tools for mastery and mentalization. The student courses in the classes are handled by staff close to the students and are based on both physical and digital material as well as an app for the students. The employees initially participate in a competency development course.
Eligibility Criteria
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Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Southern Denmarklead
- Danish Committee for Health Educationcollaborator
- Ole Kirks Fondcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
The Danish Committee for Health Education
Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Maj Britt Nielsen, PhD
University of Southern Denmark
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 7, 2023
First Posted
August 15, 2023
Study Start
August 15, 2023
Primary Completion
July 1, 2024
Study Completion
July 1, 2024
Last Updated
December 11, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-12
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share