tomoni.starts - An online training course for elementary school staff on the prevention of mental illness in primary school children

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00037598

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-29

Start date

2025-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Mental disease in children and adolescents, Mental health in children and adolescents

Interventions

Group 1: Group 1 (intervention group): People working at elementary school receive the “tomoni.starts” training from (1) so-called experts in everyday life who have suffered from mental illness themse

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: elementary school employees

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary target parameter consists of the subjectively assessed willingness of elementary school staff 6 months after participating in tomoni.starts to approach pupils with signs of mental illness and offer help. The subjectively assessed willingness to act is measured using the Mental Health Literacy and Prevention Survey (mHELP) scale, created by the working group. To compare changes in the willingness to act, this was measured at T0 (before participation in “tomoni.starts”), T1 and T2 (3 and 6 months after participation in “tomoni.starts”).	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary target parameter consists of the subjectively assessed willingness of elementary school staff 6 months after participating in tomoni.starts to approach pupils with signs of mental illness and offer help. The subjectively assessed willingness to act is measured using the Mental Health Literacy and Prevention Survey (mHELP) scale, created by the working group. To compare changes in the willingness to act, this was measured at T0 (before participation in “tomoni.starts”), T1 and T2 (3 and 6 months after participation in “tomoni.starts”).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary endpoints and measurement tools: - Knowledge about mental illness: Mental Health Knowledge Schedule - MAKS (Evans-Lacko et al., 2010), case vignette + questions (Jorm et al., 2007), mHELP (knowledge subscale). - Stigmatization: Questionnaire Mental Health Literacy - QLSM (Factor 2: Stigmatization; Almeida et al., 2017), mHELP (Stigmatization subscale) - Confidence in one's own ability to deal with mental illness in students: Case vignette + questions (Jorm et al., 2007), mHELP (items on confidence in own ability to act) - Mental health in general: ICD-10 symptom rating - ISR (Tritt et al., 2008) Control variables: - Program adherence: Self-generated items on implemented content (facts & figures, internal and external view, tools, role play) based on the previous study by Buerger et al., 2022 - Program evaluation: Self-generated questions on knowledge-related and practical content of the training per module and on the overall evaluation of the program	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary endpoints and measurement tools: - Knowledge about mental illness: Mental Health Knowledge Schedule - MAKS (Evans-Lacko et al., 2010), case vignette + questions (Jorm et al., 2007), mHELP (knowledge subscale). - Stigmatization: Questionnaire Mental Health Literacy - QLSM (Factor 2: Stigmatization; Almeida et al., 2017), mHELP (Stigmatization subscale) - Confidence in one's own ability to deal with mental illness in students: Case vignette + questions (Jorm et al., 2007), mHELP (items on confidence in own ability to act) - Mental health in general: ICD-10 symptom rating - ISR (Tritt et al., 2008) Control variables: - Program adherence: Self-generated items on implemented content (facts & figures, internal and external view, tools, role play) based on the previous study by Buerger et al., 2022 - Program evaluation: Self-generated questions on knowledge-related and practical content of the training per module and on the overall evaluation of the program

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactCarina Sauter

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik, Psychotherapie

Sauter_C@ukw.de+49 931 201 76464

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026