Online HOPE Intervention on Mental Health Literacy Among Youths in Singapore: An RCT Protocol

February 9, 2020 updated by: Tay Jing Ling, National University, Singapore
The author developed the HOPE intervention based on a systematic review (Tay, Tay, & Klainin-Yobas, 2018). The overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study will be a two-group, parallel randomized control trial (RCT), with a pre-test, post-test and repeated, control group design.

he overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, on depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 24 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • : a) students of a particular University in Singapore, b) aged between 18 to 24 years old, c) had internet access and d) could read, write and understand the English language.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Exclusion criteria were reading or hearing disabilities. This was because the online HOPE intervention consists of written words and videos that require visual and auditory abilities, respectively.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention

The HOPE intervention can be accessed through web. It consists of two sessions per week, with a total of four sessions. In this study, participants will be sent weekly weblinks for access to each session. Each session take about ten minutes to complete. Each session consist of pre-post multiple-choice and/or open-end question, video(s) and mental health information. The first session is about depression. The second session is about positive psychology and consists of relevant exercises such as gratitude, affect-based and strength-based exercises. The third session describes anxiety disorder. The last session describes relaxation techniques and self-management of unhelpful thoughts.

Each session consists of quizzes, video(s), and graphical / written information
Behavioral: Online HOPE intervention
Online HOPE intervention to increase mental health literacy
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Control
The group will receive a control website intervention that consists of several graphical inspirational quotes. Examples of the quotes are, 'Today is full of possible' and 'You can do anything'.
Behavioral: Online HOPE intervention
Online HOPE intervention to increase mental health literacy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Depression Literacy
Time Frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
using D-Lit. The scale consists of 22 items that are scored 'true', 'false' or 'don't know'. Greater scores equate greater depression MHL.
Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Anxiety literacy
Time Frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
A-Lit. The scale consists of 22 items that are scored 'true', 'false' or 'don't know'. Greater scores equate greater anxiety MHL.
Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Mental health literacy
Time Frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
depression vignette (shortened)
Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Psychological well-being
Time Frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale. PWB can be measured by the 18-items psychological well-being scale that measures the six dimensions of PWB (Ryff, 1989). The scale ranges from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Scores ranged from 18 to 123, with greater points indicating greater PWB.
Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Stress
Time Frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Perceived Stress Scale. The 10-question perceived stress scale (PSS) consists of five response categories: never (0), almost never (1), sometimes (2), fairly often (3), and very often (4). Total scores range from 0 to 56, with higher scores indicating higher stress.
Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National University, Singapore

Collaborators

Piyanee KLAININ-YOBAS, Associate Professor from National University of Singapore
Yong Shian Shawn GOH, Assistant Professor from National University of Singapore

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jing Ling Tay, MN, Singapore University of Singapore

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ANTICIPATED)

February 1, 2020

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2020

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 6, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 9, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

February 12, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 12, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 9, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • S-19-251
  • NYF/Jul19/01 (OTHER_GRANT: National Youth Fund)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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