Preliminary Evaluation of a Mental Health Program: a Comparison Study

NCT06287216 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The mental hygiene challenge is a Royal Ottawa Health Care Group led initiative to engage the staff, clients and community members to attend to their mental well-being by way of practicing mental hygiene activities for 10 min on a daily basis, throughout the month of March. Participants are encouraged to choose one or many of the practices recommended and do them for about 10 minutes a day. Participants are encouraged to make it their own, in that they can combine the practice or tailor them in a way that suits them best. When signing up for the challenge, participants receive free access to a toolkit with brief outlines and instructional videos on various mental hygiene practices. Study investigators also encourage participants to divide the 10 minutes in whatever way best works for them, such as 10 minutes all at once, 5 minutes twice, or even 2 minutes five times. This study aims to expand on the work that was done in 2022 and 2023, when the World Health Organization - 5 Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) and the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) were collected from participants to ascertain the impact of mental hygiene, by way of including a control group.

Conditions

Mental Wellbeing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in level of mental wellbeing as measured by the World Health Organization (WHO)-5 wellbeing index.

  The psychometric index will be collected before and after the 30 days of mental hygiene or self-care. Higher scores indicate better outcomes (min score =0, max score =25).

  Over approximately a 30 day period.

• Change in level of mental wellbeing as measured by the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)

  The psychometric index will be collected before and after the 30 days of mental hygiene or self-care. Higher scores indicate better outcomes (min score = 14, max score = 70).

  Over approximately a 30 day period.

Study Arms (2)

Mental Hygiene Group

EXPERIMENTAL

This is the group participating in the mental hygiene challenge that is willing to give informed consent and conduct pre-post as well as daily well-being surveys.

Behavioral: Mental Hygiene

Self-Care Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Similar to the above, instead of recommending mental hygiene, the investigators will be recommending daily self-care, and offer standard government issued resources, as well as resources from other reputable organizations.

Behavioral: Self-Care

Interventions

Mental Hygiene BEHAVIORAL

Mental hygiene are daily evidence based practices that support mental wellbeing.

Mental Hygiene Group

Self-Care BEHAVIORAL

Instructed to do 10 minutes of self-care daily.

Self-Care Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years and above
• can speak English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Royal

Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z7K4, Canada

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Mental Health; Self Care

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health; Population Characteristics; Therapeutics; Rehabilitation; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 5, 2024
• First Posted: March 1, 2024
• Study Start: February 29, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2026
• Study Completion: April 30, 2026
• Last Updated: December 12, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)