Efficacy of Mountain Craft Training at Enhancing the Resilience and Physio-psychological Well-being of Children From Low-income Families

NCT06286787 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: HSEARS20221110002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is imperative to offer adequate community resources and psychosocial support, with a particular focus on enhancing resilience for children from low-income families. This study aims to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of mountain craft training in enhancing resilience and self-esteem, reducing depressive symptoms, and improving the physical health of children from low-income families.

Conditions

Resilience; Well-being; Children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Resilience Scale-14 (RS-14)

  The RS-14 will be used to measure participants' resilience. The RS-14 measures two factors: personal competence and acceptance of self and life.24 Each item is answered on a 7-point Likert scale from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree', with total scores ranging from 14 to 98. Higher scores indicate higher levels of resilience. The RS-14 has been translated into Chinese and used to measure children's resilience in a previous study.25 The psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the RS-14 have been tested, with a test-retest reliability of .84 and internal consistency (Cronbach's α) of .86.

  baseline, 3-month, and 6-month

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Chinese version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)

  baseline, 3-month, and 6-month

• Chinese version of Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)

  baseline, 3-month, and 6-month

• The children's peak expiratory flow rate

  baseline, 3-month, and 6-month

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the intervention group will be invited to join the mountain craft training programme.

Other: Intervention

Placebo control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants will be invited to join a control intervention that mimics the time and attention received by participants in the intervention group but will be designed to have no specific effect on the outcome variables.

Other: Placebo

Interventions

Intervention OTHER

The training programme will consist of a 3-hour lecture. The contents of the lecture will include knowledge of mountaineering in Hong Kong, country codes and care for the environment, environmental awareness when undertaking outdoor activities, hiking skills, knowledge and choice of hiking equipment and clothing, trip planning, mountain safety, map reading, the use of a compass, mountain safety, basic first aid, methods of calling for help in an emergency and sources of weather data. After completing the lecture, participants will be required to join a 6-day hiking training programme on weekends within a 3-month period (each training will be at least 5 kilometres and the duration will be at least 4 hours).

Intervention group

Placebo OTHER

Control participants will be asked to join six day-time leisure activities on weekends within a 3-month period. Leisure activities will be organised by the Asbury Methodist Social Service and will include cartoon film shows, handicraft workshops, chess games, health talks on the prevention of influenza and eating a healthy diet, and day visits to a museum and theme park. Children in the placebo control group will receive free access to leisure activities, including visits to museums and theme parks as an incentive for his/her participation.

Placebo control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Form 1 students
• able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese, and
• from low-income families (with a half-median monthly household income or the recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance)

You may not qualify if:

• Children with identified cognitive or learning problems, chronic illness, or physical disabilities

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Asbury Methodist Social Service

Hong Kong, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Methods

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Central Study Contacts

Joyce Chung

CONTACT

27666322; okjoyce.chung@polyu.edu.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 15, 2024
• First Posted: February 29, 2024
• Study Start: November 16, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2024
• Study Completion: November 1, 2024
• Last Updated: February 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

CN (1)