Mental Health Wellness 1
Conditions
Keywords
Mental health promotion, Coping, Adolescents, Mobile application
Brief summary
The aim of the project is firstly, to develop an app-based mental health intervention for adolescents. Secondly, to evaluate the effect of this app. The overarching goal is to offer a low-threshold intervention, called Opp, that is easily accessible and free to use for all adolescents in Norway.
Detailed description
The intervention "Opp" will be delivered through a mobile application. The overall goals of Opp are to 1) increase well-being and mental well-being, 2) increase knowledge about mental health, 3) increase coping skills to deal with stress, 4) increase help-seeking behavior, 5) increase self-esteem, 6) increase sleep quality and 7) reduce mental health problems. To evaluate the mobile application two studies will be conducted: A user survey and an effectiveness study with a follow-up examination after about six weeks. The effectiveness study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial with an intervention group and a waiting-list control group.
Interventions
DEVICEOpp
Opp is a universal mental health promoting mobile application for adolescents aged 13-25 years.
Sponsors
University of Tromso
The Dam Foundation
Norwegian Council for Mental Health
Norwegian Directorate of Health
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Intervention and control group
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adolescents under 16 years whose guardians have given consent
Exclusion criteria
* severe developmental or cognitive challenges
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in WHO-5 (WHO-Five Well-being Index) | Change from baseline to six weeks after intervention. | WHO-5 (WHO, 1998): A five item self-report questionnaire assessing well-being on a six point scale. |
| Change in SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) | Change from baseline to six weeks after intervention. | SDQ (Goodman, 1997): A 25 item self-report assessing mental health and psychosocial functioning in 11-17 years old adolescents on a three point scale. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Self-efficacy scale (GSE) | Change from baseline to six weeks after intervention. | Resilience will be measured with the Norwegian version of the GSE (Røysamb, 1997; Schwarzer et al., 1995) which consists of 10 questions measured on a four-point scale. |
| Help-seeking behavior | Change from baseline to six weeks after intervention. | Two self-report items measuring if they sought help and who they sought help from. |
| Self-liking and Competence Scale | Change from baseline to six weeks after intervention. | Self-liking and Competence Scale (Silvera, Neilands, \& Perry, 2001; Tafarodi \& Swann, 2001): A 20 item self-report assessing self-liking and self-competence. |
| Sleeping quality | Change from baseline to six weeks after intervention. | Sleeping quality will be measured with six questions from the Bergen Child Study (Hysing, Harvey, Stormark, Pallesen, \& Sivertsen, 2018). |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHenriette Kyrrestad, PhD
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Outcome results
None listed