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Co-designing Adaptations of a Digital Mental Health Intervention (Wysa) for Adolescent Girls With Anxiety or Depression in Rural India

12. maj 2026 opdateret af: Chaitali Sinha, Wysa

Identifying Barriers and Enablers to Co-Design Adaptations of a Digital Mental Health Intervention (Wysa) for Adolescent Girls in Low Resource Settings in Uttar Pradesh, India

The goal of this study is to culturally and contextually adapt Wysa, an evidence-based AI-powered digital mental health intervention (DMHI), for adolescent girls (ages 13-18) with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.

More specifically, the aims of this study are to (i) explore key barriers and facilitators to adoption, engagement, and usability of a digital mental health intervention (Wysa) in this setting, and to (ii) co-design contextually appropriate app adaptations and implementation strategies in collaboration with adolescent girls, their parents/guardians, and community stakeholders. At the end of this study, we would have co-developed a roadmap of potential adaptations to Wysa with implementation strategies to iteratively test and develop during the next phases of the study.

Studieoversigt

Status

Ikke rekrutterer endnu

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

STUDY OBJECTIVES

Primary Objective:

To develop a stakeholder-endorsed roadmap of Wysa app adaptations and implementation strategies to guide the next phases of the project, ensuring that Wysa is accessible, culturally appropriate, and responsive to the needs of adolescent girls in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.

METHODS

Recruitment Procedures:

The study will be conducted across the 5 districts of Bahraich, Barabanki, Hardoi, Lucknow, and Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.

One-on-one or group Awareness sessions will be conducted in Hindi and/or English (based on their preference) to recruit community stakeholders, adolescent girls, and parents/ guardians in each district. All communication will be age-appropriate and emphasize voluntary participation and confidentiality. The goal of the awareness activities is to build culturally relevant mental health understanding, provide clear study information for informed participation, and allow individuals to reflect on their experiences and interests.

Study Activities:

This study is a sequential study with 122-179 participants and will be conducted in 3 phases. Quota-based purposive sampling will be utilized to select adolescent girls in each district (N=60-90). Further, parents/ guardians of participating adolescents in each district (N=35-50), key community stakeholders in each district (N=25-35); and 2-4 decision makers will be selected using a targeting purposive sampling criteria. Data collection methods include participatory co-design focus group workshops and supplementary interviews, rapid ethnography, and Delphi surveys.

All selected participants will receive access to versions of Wysa to try out before the participatory workshops begin. Participatory workshops will be conducted seperately with adolescent girls, parents/ guardians of adolescent girl participants, and key community stakeholders to identify the barriers and enablers to adoption and engagement of Wysa app. Additionally, semi-structured individual interviews with a subset of adolescent girl participants will be conducted to further explore their in-depth perspectives. Next, Two rounds of Delphi surveys will be conducted in a participatory workshop a mixed-group of purposively sampled participants to prioritise and rate the identified barriers that have emerged from the previous phase of the participatory workshops and corresponding strategies against the APEASE criteria. Lastly, a final adaptation roadmap of key barriers to address and solutions to implement will be developed in a participatory workshop with a purposively sampled mixed sub-group of 18-24 participants.

Undersøgelsestype

Observationel

Tilmelding (Anslået)

179

Kontakter og lokationer

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Barn
  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Prøveudtagningsmetode

Ikke-sandsynlighedsprøve

Studiebefolkning

The study will be conducted in the selected Community Development Blocks (CD Blocks), an administrative subdivision of districts, across the 5 districts of Bahraich, Barabanki, Hardoi, Lucknow, and Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.

Beskrivelse

ADOLESCENTS:

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sex: girls
  • Marital status: Unmarried
  • Are between 13-18 years of age
  • Residing in the selected villages of Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Have elevated anxiety and/or depressive symptoms on the RCADS-25.
  • Have access to a mobile phone (at least 1 mobile phone within the family).
  • Provide assent/ consent to participate, along with guardian consent for minors.

Adolescents Exclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescent girls who have difficulties that would prevent them from actively participating in workshop activities (e.g. with memory or comprehension, indications of psychoses)
  • Are currently or have been in the past a girl icon in the Milaan Foundation Girl Icon program

PARENTS/GUARDIANS:

  1. Inclusion Criteria

    • Are guardians or caregivers of a participating adolescent girl.
    • Currently reside in Uttar Pradesh
    • Provide informed consent to participate.
  2. Exclusion Criteria ● They have difficulties that would prevent them from actively participating in workshop activities (e.g. with memory or comprehension, indications of psychoses).

COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS & DECISION MAKERS

  1. Inclusion criteria

    • Contribute to and influence local health related-decisions or services.
    • Provide informed consent to participate.
  2. Exclusion Criteria ● Stakeholders who have difficulties that would prevent them from actively participating in workshop activities (e.g. with memory or comprehension, indications of psychoses)

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

Kohorter og interventioner

Gruppe / kohorte
Intervention / Behandling
Community Stakeholders

Community stakeholders will be strategically sampled to capture different areas of work art a village level that intersect or impact with adolescent well being including:

  • Community leaders (e.g. panchayat, district and/or state officials)
  • Individuals providing well-being or mental health services
  • Local health workers (e.g. ASHAs, ANMs, Community Health & Sanitation Committee representatives)
  • NGO representatives in adolescent programmes
  • School staff (e.g. teacher, principal)
Adfærdsmæssigt: Digital psychosocial tool

Wysa is a digital psychosocial tool that provides AI conversational chatbot support. The conversational agent acts as a companion, and understands, empathizes, and guides users through exercises grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and motivational intervention. Users can learn different techniques and practice them in their daily life. The app also provides a repository of tools to manage problems and SOS resources for high distress

In Aim 1 study (which is part of larger 5 year project), participants will recieve the current version of the digital psychosocial tool to provide their feedback. It is not being used as an intervention in this Aim 1 study
Parents/Guardians
Parents or guardians of adolescent girl participants across diverse caste, , religious, phone ownership, and ages will be included. Parents/ guardians of different genders will included
Adfærdsmæssigt: Digital psychosocial tool

Wysa is a digital psychosocial tool that provides AI conversational chatbot support. The conversational agent acts as a companion, and understands, empathizes, and guides users through exercises grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and motivational intervention. Users can learn different techniques and practice them in their daily life. The app also provides a repository of tools to manage problems and SOS resources for high distress

In Aim 1 study (which is part of larger 5 year project), participants will recieve the current version of the digital psychosocial tool to provide their feedback. It is not being used as an intervention in this Aim 1 study
Adolescent Girls
Adolescent girl participants from diverse backgrounds such as age, caste, religion, geographical location, phone ownership, and literacy levels will be included .
Adfærdsmæssigt: Digital psychosocial tool

Wysa is a digital psychosocial tool that provides AI conversational chatbot support. The conversational agent acts as a companion, and understands, empathizes, and guides users through exercises grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and motivational intervention. Users can learn different techniques and practice them in their daily life. The app also provides a repository of tools to manage problems and SOS resources for high distress

In Aim 1 study (which is part of larger 5 year project), participants will recieve the current version of the digital psychosocial tool to provide their feedback. It is not being used as an intervention in this Aim 1 study
Decision Makers
Individuals who work at the district or state level, and in different areas of work that intersect with adolescent wellbeing (such as education, health etc).
Adfærdsmæssigt: Digital psychosocial tool

Wysa is a digital psychosocial tool that provides AI conversational chatbot support. The conversational agent acts as a companion, and understands, empathizes, and guides users through exercises grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and motivational intervention. Users can learn different techniques and practice them in their daily life. The app also provides a repository of tools to manage problems and SOS resources for high distress

In Aim 1 study (which is part of larger 5 year project), participants will recieve the current version of the digital psychosocial tool to provide their feedback. It is not being used as an intervention in this Aim 1 study

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
List of Final Wysa Adaptations and Implementation strategies
Tidsramme: From enrollment until end of particpatory workshops at Month 6
A finalized adaptation roadmap will be developed including changes to be made in Wysa and implementation strategies to be executed to impove Wysa access and use
From enrollment until end of particpatory workshops at Month 6

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

Wysa

Samarbejdspartnere

Imperial College London
Wellcome Trust
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Milaan Foundation

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Anslået)

1. maj 2026

Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)

1. september 2026

Studieafslutning (Anslået)

1. november 2026

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

12. maj 2026

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

12. maj 2026

Først opslået (Faktiske)

19. maj 2026

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

19. maj 2026

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

12. maj 2026

Sidst verificeret

1. april 2026

Mere information

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Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 26-WYSA-01
  • 321110/Z/24/Z (Andet bevillings-/finansieringsnummer: Wellcome Trust)

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