Evaluability and Feasibility of the eHOOD Intervention

NCT07489365 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Erhvervsfyrtårn Projekt 2.3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 22
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The goal of this feasibility study is to learn how to best evaluate the eHOOD intervention of-fered to adolescents in lower secondary education with psycho-social challenges. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. 1.What is an appropriate evaluation design for testing the eHOOD intervention?
2. 2.Is the evaluation design feasible in terms of outcomes, measurements, instruments, data collection procedures, and participant acceptability?
3. 3.Is the eHOOD intervention feasible and acceptable in terms of recruitment, retention of participants, and participant satisfaction and engagement? Participants will meet once a week in 25 weeks and take part in physical activity, communal cooking and dining, education in healthy lifestyle, and online gaming with instruction in a social community with peers. They will answer questionnaires and participate in interviews at the beginning and end of the intervention and their development will be assessed by the eHOOD coach.

Conditions

Loneliness; Social Activity; Mental Wellbeing

Keywords

feasibility; acceptability; evaluation design; adolescents; gaming; mental wellbeing; physical activity; social activity; evaluability assessment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Proportion of fully completed questionnaires.

  Feasibility of evaluation design - data completeness.

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks.

• Proportion of participants who participate in full interviews.

  Feasibility of evaluation design - data completeness.

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks.

• Proportion of participants for whom complete accelerometer data are collected.

  Feasibility of evaluation design - data completeness.

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks.

• Participants' experiences with instruments and data collection procedures.

  Acceptability of evaluation design. Assessed via qualitative interviews at end of intervention.

  End of intervention at 25 weeks

• Number of weeks from recruitment start to enough participants are recruited.

  Feasibility of intervention - recruitment rate.

  Start of recruitment to baseline.

• Percentage of participants who attend each meeting.

  Feasibility of intervention - retention of participants. Assessed via registration of par-ticipants' weekly attendance in Impactly platform.

  End of intervention at 25 weeks.

• Participants' expectations and motivation for participating in eHOOD.

  Acceptability of intervention. Assessed via qualitative interviews at intervention start.

  Baseline

• Participants' satisfaction with and self-rated benefits of eHOOD.

  Acceptability of intervention. Assessed via qualitative interviews at end of intervention.

  End of intervention at 25 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (17)

• Change in mental wellbeing measured with the 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) from intervention start to end of intervention

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks

• Change in loneliness measured with the Three-Item Loneliness Scale (T-ILS) from intervention start to end of intervention

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks

• Change in level of physical activity and sleep length and quality from intervention start to end of intervention measured with SENS Motion accelerometers mounted on participants' thighs for seven consecutive days at baseline and end of intervention

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks.

• Change in number of days per week eating breakfast from intervention start to end of intervention.

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks.

• Change in number of days per week eating fast-food from intervention start to end of intervention.

  Baseline to end of intervention at 25 weeks.

Study Arms (1)

eHOOD intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive the eHOOD intervention consisting of one weekly four-hour meeting for 25 weeks.

Behavioral: eHOOD

Interventions

eHOOD BEHAVIORAL

Weekly meetings are hosted by the coach and one or two local pedagogues. Each meeting contains physical activity, preparation and intake of dinner, educational sessions, and gaming with instruction. Physical activities include ball games such as football, basketball, and table tennis, fitness training, traditional children's games, and coordination and reaction training. Educational sessions include teaching healthy dietary habits, sleeping habits, and exercise habits, focusing on the importance of taking care of one's body and staying fit to perform well in gaming. Gaming sessions contain training and gaming in teams. Additionally, partic-ipants are paired in teams and are given small assignments to be performed together between the weekly meetings. Communal cooking and dining are included as social and educational activities. Participants take turns preparing and serving dinner for their peers with supervi-sion from the pedagogue.

eHOOD intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Adolescents in 7th to 10th grade (corresponding to lower secondary education) with psycho-social challenges such as anxiety, loneliness, school refusal, being a victim of bullying, and developmental disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to take part in a social community

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Center for Clinical Research and Prevention: lead
• Danish Life Science Cluster: collaborator
• European Union: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Fritidsklubben Storagergård

Albertslund, 2620, Denmark

Location

Fritidsklubben Munkebjergvej 125

Kastrup, 2770, Denmark

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Julie C Grew, PhD

  Center for Clinical Research and Prevention

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Michaela L Schiøtz, PhD

  Center for Clinical Research and Prevention

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2025
• First Posted: March 24, 2026
• Study Start: October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: March 24, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (2)