Mental wellbeing Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Randomisation and allocation to the intervention
Four communities of approximately 1000 population (~160 adolescents aged 12-19) will be randomised to the intervention or control arm.
Intervention cl
Sponsors
King's College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Any adolescent aged between 12-19 years old, in or out of school, married or unmarried living in the study clusters
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Adolescents who do not live in the study clusters (e.g. adolescents who live outside the clusters but are visiting friends/family in the study area at the time of the survey)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mental wellbeing measured using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale at baseline and endpoint at 10 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All mental health wellbeing outcomes will be measured pre-intervention at baseline and post-intervention at the 10-month endpoint 1. Self-efficacy measured using the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale 2. Self-esteem measured using the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale 3. Emotion regulation measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents 4. Social support measured using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support 5. Support and empowerment of youth and attachment to the neighbourhood, measured using subscales of the Adolescents’ Developmental Assets in the Neighborhood Scale 6. Depressive symptoms measured using the Depression Self-Rating Scale 7. Anxiety symptoms measured using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment | — |
Countries
Nepal
Outcome results
None listed