Impact of an Interactive Film on Resilience, Wellbeing, and Help-Seeking in School-Aged Youth

NCT06807931 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 100471
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 175
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a randomised controlled trial of an interactive film intervention (commissioned through a North East and North Cumbria Child (NENC) Health \& Wellbeing Network partnership and produced by Trylife), on building resilience, enhancing mental wellbeing and help-seeking attitudes for young people (14-18 years) in schools located in deprived areas of the North East and North Cumbria.

Conditions

Mental Wellbeing; Resilience; Help-Seeking Behaviour

Keywords

Interactive film; Young people; School setting; Feasibility; Feasibility trial

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Willingness of schools to participate and be randomised

  The qualitative assessment will be conducted through interviews with teachers and focus groups with students. They will be asked how they felt about randomisation and what, if any, challenges they encountered with this progression criterion.

  Qualitative data collection phase, month 20-23

• Participant recruitment and retention

  Quantitative descriptive data, count number of participants at baseline, 3 and 6 month follow up

  baseline, 3 and 6 month follow up

• Suitability of data collection tools-Quantitative

  Quantitative descriptive data, i.e. missing data

  Quantitative missing data, after 6 months Follow up

• Suitability of data collection tools-qualitative perspectives

  qualitative interviews and perspectives of participants on questionnaires, i.e. what did they think of the measures, length etc

  Qualitative data collection phase- month 20-23

• Acceptability of the intervention

  qualitative exploration through focus groupd and interveiws-Was the intervention and its implementation acceptable to participants and stakeholders, including intervention components and delivery mode?

  Qualitative data collection phase, study month 20-23

• Feasibility of recruiting schools

  Project monitoring data (descriptive data on number of schools and time of recruitment)

  Start intervention delivery - study month 6-

• Feasibility of follow-up

  Descriptive quantitaive data-What proportion of participants could be followed up at 3 and 6 months?

  After 6 months Follow up

• Feasibility consent procedures

  Were consent procedures acceptable to participants? qualitative exploration through interviews and focus groups asking participants how they felt about consent procedures

  Qualitative data collection phase month 20-23

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Mental wellbeing scale

  Baseline, 3-months, 6-months

• Resilience scale

  Baseline, 3-months, 6-months

• Help-seeking attitudes scale

  Baseline, 3-months, 6-months

Study Arms (3)

Control condition

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in this condition received the standard Personal, Social, Health, and Economic (PSHE) Education curriculum provided by the school.

Interactive Film

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this condition engaged in three class sessions wherein they watched the interactive film. The film was delivered both individually and to the whole class and featured decision points, and the viewer's choices influenced the storyline's progression.

Other: Interactive film

Interactive Film Plus Support

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this condition watched the interactive film as in the previous condition. Additionally, they participated in facilitated discussions led by trained youth workers, focusing on the decisions made in the film and their consequences.

Other: Interactive film

Interventions

Interactive film OTHER

An interactive film, co-produced with young people, that aims to provide young people with a virtual experience of making choices and facing consequences in various life scenarios. At key moments the action is paused and the user decides the outcome. The particular film series that was commissioned and included in the trial was 'Jessica's story', which focused on perinatal mental health, as well as many other public health issues relevant to young people, including mental wellbeing, domestic violence, and help-seeking behaviour.

Interactive Film; Interactive Film Plus Support

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• In selected Y10 or Y12 class (at start of study) at participating school

You may not qualify if:

• Lack of parental consent for Y10 students

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Sunderland: lead
• University of Huddersfield: collaborator
• University of Cumbria: collaborator
• Newcastle University: collaborator
• North East and North Cumbria Child Health and Wellbeing Network: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Sunderland

Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Christie-de Jong F, Walker E, Corlett H, Hardarce C, Soulsby E, Arnott B, Franks K, Ling J, Stephenson J, Azevedo LB. A cluster randomised feasibility trial assessing an interactive film intervention to improve wellbeing of young people in school settings in the North of England. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2025 Sep 2;11(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01699-1.

  PMID: 40898276 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Floor Christie-de Jong

  University of Sunderland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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: Associate Professor in Public Health for Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 17, 2025
• First Posted: February 4, 2025
• Study Start: June 14, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 20, 2023
• Study Completion: April 29, 2023
• Last Updated: February 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)