Questa pagina è stata tradotta automaticamente e l'accuratezza della traduzione non è garantita. Si prega di fare riferimento al Versione inglese per un testo di partenza.

Effectiveness and Implementation of a School-based Mental Well-being Intervention Among Adolescents of Bharatpur, Nepal (CROSSMIND_NP)

3 settembre 2026 aggiornato da: University of Aarhus

Adaptation, Effectiveness and Implementation of a School-Based Mental Well-Being Intervention (CROSS-MIND) Among Adolescents of Bharatpur Metropolitan, Chitwan, Nepal

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and assess the implementation of CROSS-MIND, a school-based mental well-being intervention for adolescents in Nepal. The study uses a Hybrid Type 1 mixed-methods design. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does CROSS-MIND improve students' mental well-being, self-esteem, and behavioural and emotional outcomes compared with usual school activities? Is CROSS-MIND acceptable, feasible, appropriate, and delivered with adequate fidelity, and what barriers and facilitators influence its delivery by teachers?

For the effectiveness evaluation, classes of grades 6 to 10 in five schools in Bharatpur Metropolitan City will be randomly assigned to receive either the CROSS-MIND intervention or usual school activities. Students will complete questionnaires before and after the intervention. Students in intervention classes will participate in eight weekly storytelling and reflection sessions of approximately 90 minutes, delivered by trained teachers. Qualitative interviews and focus group discussions will also be conducted with selected students, teachers, school principals, and psychologists to explore experiences of the intervention and factors influencing its implementation.

Panoramica dello studio

Stato

Non ancora reclutamento

Condizioni

Intervento / Trattamento

Descrizione dettagliata

Adolescent mental well-being is an important public health concern, and schools provide an appropriate setting for universal mental health promotion interventions. This study aims to evaluate CROSS-MIND, a school-based mental well-being intervention designed for adolescents in Nepal.

The effectiveness component is a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial in which classes from five schools in Bharatpur Metropolitan City will be randomly assigned to either the CROSS-MIND intervention or usual school activities. Students in Grades 6-10 will participate in baseline and endline assessments. The primary outcome is mental well-being measured using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). Secondary outcomes include self-esteem, behavioural and emotional problems, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms, measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), PHQ-9-A, and GAD-7-A, respectively.

CROSS-MIND consists of eight weekly storytelling circle sessions of approximately 90 minutes, delivered by trained teachers within the school setting. The intervention uses structured storytelling, reflection, creative expression, and group discussion to support positive self-identity, emotional awareness, social connectedness, coping skills, and psychological well-being.

The study also includes an implementation component. Implementation will be assessed in terms of acceptability, feasibility, appropriateness, and fidelity. Qualitative interviews and focus group discussions will explore participants' experiences and identify barriers and facilitators to implementation.

Tipo di studio

Interventistico

Iscrizione (Stimato)

1060

Fase

  • Non applicabile

Contatti e Sedi

Questa sezione fornisce i recapiti di coloro che conducono lo studio e informazioni su dove viene condotto lo studio.

Contatto studio

Backup dei contatti dello studio

Luoghi di studio

    • Bagmati
      • Bharatpur, Bagmati, Nepal
        • Schools

Criteri di partecipazione

I ricercatori cercano persone che corrispondano a una certa descrizione, chiamata criteri di ammissibilità. Alcuni esempi di questi criteri sono le condizioni generali di salute di una persona o trattamenti precedenti.

Criteri di ammissibilità

Età idonea allo studio

  • Bambino
  • Adulto

Accetta volontari sani

Sì

Descrizione

Inclusion criteria:

  • Students enrolled in grades 6-10 in the participating schools
  • Students whose parent or guardian provides written informed consent
  • Students who provides written informed assent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Students who are not expected to participate in regular classroom activities

Piano di studio

Questa sezione fornisce i dettagli del piano di studio, compreso il modo in cui lo studio è progettato e ciò che lo studio sta misurando.

Come è strutturato lo studio?

Dettagli di progettazione

  • Scopo principale: Prevenzione
  • Assegnazione: Randomizzato
  • Modello interventistico: Assegnazione parallela
  • Mascheramento: Nessuno (etichetta aperta)

Armi e interventi

Gruppo di partecipanti / Arm
Intervento / Trattamento
Sperimentale: CROSS-MIND Intervention

CROSS-MIND is an eight-week, teacher-facilitated school-based mental well-being intervention. Students participate in one approximately 90-minute storytelling circle session each week. Sessions use structured storytelling, reflection, creative expression, group discussion, and peer-reflection activities.

Major intervention areas include establishing a safe and supportive group environment; identifying and exploring common adolescent challenges; using narrative externalisation to separate problems from personal identity; reflecting on life experiences, strengths, and aspirations through Life River activities; identifying coping skills and supportive relationships; and consolidating learning through reflective writing, poetry or letter-writing and a closing celebration.

CROSS-MIND is an eight-week, teacher-facilitated school-based mental well-being intervention. Students participate in one approximately 90-minute storytelling circle session each week. Sessions use structured storytelling, reflection, creative expression, group discussion, and peer-reflection activities.

Major intervention areas include establishing a safe and supportive group environment; identifying and exploring common adolescent challenges; using narrative externalisation to separate problems from personal identity; reflecting on life experiences, strengths, and aspirations through Life River activities; identifying coping skills and supportive relationships; and consolidating learning through reflective writing, poetry or letter-writing and a closing celebration.

Nessun intervento: Regular School Activities
Students assigned to the control group will continue with their usual school activities and will not receive the CROSS-MIND intervention during the study period.

Cosa sta misurando lo studio?

Misure di risultato primarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Change from baseline in the mean mental well-being score after the intervention
Lasso di tempo: Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
The primary outcome, mental well-being, will be measured using Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale. It uses a five-point Likert response scale and has a total score range of 14-70, with higher scores indicating better mental well-being.
Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion

Misure di risultato secondarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Change from baseline in the mean Self-Esteem score after the intervention
Lasso di tempo: Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Self-esteem will be measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. It uses a four-point Likert response scale and has a total score range of 0-30, with higher scores indicating better outcome i.e. higher self-esteem.
Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Change from baseline in the mean depressive symptoms score after the intervention
Lasso di tempo: Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Depressive symptoms will be measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire -adolescent version. It uses a four-point response scale and has a total score range of 0-27, with higher scores indicating worse outcome i.e., depressive symptoms.
Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Change from baseline in the mean anxiety symptoms score after the intervention
Lasso di tempo: Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Anxiety symptoms will be measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 adolescent version. It uses a four-point Likert response scale and has a total score range of 0-21, with higher scores indicating worse outcome i.e., higher anxiety symptoms.
Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Change from baseline in the mean difficulty score after the intervention
Lasso di tempo: Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Total difficulty will be measured using the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire adolescent self-administration version. It uses a three-point response scale and has a total score range of 0-40, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes, i.e., greater difficulty.
Baseline before intervention and endline within a week of intervention completion
Acceptability of CROSS-MIND
Lasso di tempo: At endline, within a week of the completion of the delivery of the last session, i.e., the 8th session of the intervention
Acceptability will be assessed using the 4-item Acceptability of Intervention Measure. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with total scores ranging from 4 to 20; higher scores indicate greater acceptability. The measure will be completed by teachers who delivered CROSS-MIND sessions and students who participated in the sessions.
At endline, within a week of the completion of the delivery of the last session, i.e., the 8th session of the intervention
Feasibility of delivering CROSS-MIND from the perspective of intervention-delivering teachers
Lasso di tempo: At endline, within a week of the completion of the delivery of the last session, i.e., the 8th session of the intervention
Feasibility will be assessed using the 4-item Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with total scores ranging from 4 to 20; higher scores indicate greater perceived feasibility. The measure will be completed by teachers who delivered CROSS-MIND sessions.
At endline, within a week of the completion of the delivery of the last session, i.e., the 8th session of the intervention
Perceived appropriateness of CROSS-MIND
Lasso di tempo: At endline, within a week of the completion of the delivery of the last session, i.e., the 8th session of the intervention
Appropriateness will be assessed using the 4-item Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with total scores ranging from 4 to 20; higher scores indicate greater perceived appropriateness. The measure will be completed by teachers who delivered CROSS-MIND sessions and students who participates in the sessions.
At endline, within a week of the completion of the delivery of the last session, i.e., the 8th session of the intervention
Fidelity of CROSS-MIND intervention delivery
Lasso di tempo: Throughout the 8-week intervention period
Fidelity will be assessed throughout the intervention using session delivery records and monitoring of intervention sessions. Assessment will include adherence to the planned intervention components, intervention dose (sessions delivered) and quality of delivery.
Throughout the 8-week intervention period

Collaboratori e investigatori

Qui è dove troverai le persone e le organizzazioni coinvolte in questo studio.

Sponsor

Investigatori

  • Cattedra di studio: Per Kallestrup, PhD, University of Aarhus
  • Investigatore principale: Liladhar Dhakal, University of Aarhus

Studiare le date dei record

Queste date tengono traccia dell'avanzamento della registrazione dello studio e dell'invio dei risultati di sintesi a ClinicalTrials.gov. I record degli studi e i risultati riportati vengono esaminati dalla National Library of Medicine (NLM) per assicurarsi che soddisfino specifici standard di controllo della qualità prima di essere pubblicati sul sito Web pubblico.

Studia le date principali

Inizio studio (Stimato)

1 settembre 2026

Completamento primario (Stimato)

30 novembre 2026

Completamento dello studio (Stimato)

30 novembre 2026

Date di iscrizione allo studio

Primo inviato

26 agosto 2026

Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità

3 settembre 2026

Primo Inserito (Effettivo)

10 settembre 2026

Aggiornamenti dei record di studio

Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)

10 settembre 2026

Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC

3 settembre 2026

Ultimo verificato

1 agosto 2026

Maggiori informazioni

Termini relativi a questo studio

Termini MeSH pertinenti aggiuntivi

Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio

  • 330_2026_CROSS-MIND_Nepal_AU

Piano per i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)

Hai intenzione di condividere i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)?

SÌ

Descrizione del piano IPD

De-identified individual participant data underlying the reported study outcomes, including baseline and endline demographic characteristics, intervention group allocation, primary and secondary outcome measures, and implementation outcome measures, will be shared.

Periodo di condivisione IPD

Beginning 3 months after publication with no end date

Criteri di accesso alla condivisione IPD

De-identified IPD and supporting information will be made available to qualified researchers upon reasonable request and subject to approval by the principal investigator and relevant institutional/ethical requirements. Access will be limited to data necessary for the approved research purpose. Requests will be submitted to the principal investigator, and data will be provided through a secure data-sharing mechanism following appropriate data-use and confidentiality agreements.

Tipo di informazioni di supporto alla condivisione IPD

  • STUDIO_PROTOCOLLO
  • LINFA
  • ICF
  • CODICE_ANALITICO

Informazioni su farmaci e dispositivi, documenti di studio

Studia un prodotto farmaceutico regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

Studia un dispositivo regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

Queste informazioni sono state recuperate direttamente dal sito web clinicaltrials.gov senza alcuna modifica. In caso di richieste di modifica, rimozione o aggiornamento dei dettagli dello studio, contattare register@clinicaltrials.gov. Non appena verrà implementata una modifica su clinicaltrials.gov, questa verrà aggiornata automaticamente anche sul nostro sito web .