Testing a well-being application with New Zealand high school students

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Well-being; Mental health; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001403729
• Lead Sponsor: Auckland Medical Research Foundation

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 7 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible participants will be high school students aged between 13-15 years, who have a smartphone (Android or iPhone), who are of any ethnicity, and who are fluent in English or Te Reo Maori). Purposive sampling will be undertaken to ensure that 33% of participants are Maori. To improve equity, students who do not have a smartphone, but wish to take part, will be loaned one for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Students will be excluded if they are not aged 13-15 years and are unwilling to provide paired parental consent/individual assent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emotional well-being will be measured using the 5-item World Health Organisation Well-Being Index (WHO-5)[Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement];Mental wellbeing 7-item will be assessed using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) [Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-compassion will be assessed using the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF)[Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement]; Stress will be assessed using the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) [Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement];Sleep quality will be assessed using the Single-item Sleep Quality Scale (SQS)[Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement]; Depression will be assessed using the 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)[Baseline, 1 month (primary timepoint), 3 months post-commencement];User engagement will be assessed using the App Subjective Quality subscale and the Perceived Impact subscale of the end-user version of the User Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS)[Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement];Anxiety will be assessed using the 7-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)[Baseline, 1 month (primary timepjoint), 3 months post-commencement]