Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults: "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - A Pilot Project
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Enrollment
- 1,784
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in the concept of Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) for adolescents and their family members.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
"Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) and enhancing mental well-being. The Mental Wellness Project is financially supported by the Health Care and Promotion Fund from Food and Health Bureau and led by the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU). "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - A Pilot Project aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through intervention of physical activities, and to promote their happiness, well-being and mental health knowledge.
Detailed Description
A cluster randomized controlled trial design will be adopted. The major subjects are 720-900 students. Four secondary schools in Hong Kong will be included in the evaluation. Schools will either be assigned into lyrics-writing and singing show intervention group or wait-list control group (the intervention won't be provided during the evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period).
The intervention mainly included 1) Lyrics-writing and Singing Competition with student and family entries: [a] lyrics-writing workshop and a short talk on SME focusing on praising family members and knowledge of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being; [b] use SME as theme for lyrics-writing and submit records of SME during lyrics-writing and singing; and [d] all entries are submitted in the form of audios. 2) SME Lyrics-writing and Singing Show and Award Ceremony (sharing): live performance by awarded entries and prize presentation ceremony.
There will then be 4 assessments (pre-intervention, immediate post intervention, one month and three months after baseline) to evaluate the effects of the intervention programme. In the assessments, students will be asked to complete questionnaires to measure the changes in SME related behaviors, happiness, well-being and knowledge and attitude towards mental health. The satisfaction towards the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention will be evaluated.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Students (major subjects): (Intervention group and waitlist control group)
- •Chinese speaking
- •Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
- •Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
- •Secondary school students
- •Parents: (Intervention group)
- •Chinese speaking
- •Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
- •Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
- •With at least one secondary school child
- •School principals/teachers/community partners: (Intervention group)
- •Principals/teachers of intervention school and/or staffs of The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association in partnership with HKU research team who organize plan or implement the project
- •Adults aged 18 or above
- •Chinese speaking
- •Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
- •Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire/individual in-depth interviews completion
Exclusion Criteria
- •Students who cannot read Chinese
Arms & Interventions
Lyrics-writing and singing show
The one-hour lyrics-writing and singing workshop was conducted first at the beginning of the programme for the intervention group, followed by two small workshops teaching lyrics-writing skills and the lyrics-writing competition after the workshop. A lyrics writing and singing show and an award ceremony will be held at the end.
Intervention: Lyrics-writing and singing show (Behavioral)
Waitlist control
The workshops will not be provided to the control schools during the evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in the concept of Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) for adolescents and their family members.
Time Frame: T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
The outcome-based questionnaire will be used to evaluate participants' frequency of performing the suggested Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) related behaviors from baseline to four-month after baseline.
Secondary Outcomes
- Changes in the knowledge and understanding about mental health for adolescents and their family members.(T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T2: immediately after the workshop ( post intervention ); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline))
- Changes in mental well-being from baseline to four-month after baseline.(T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline))
- Satisfaction toward "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show Project(T2: immediately after the workshop ( post intervention ); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline))
- Changes in personal happiness from baseline to four-month after baseline(T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline))
- Changes in individual and family health from baseline to four-month after baseline(T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline))
- The social impact of the community-based engagement project(T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline))
- The process of community based intervention programme(up to 4 months)
Investigators
Dr. Daniel Sai-Yin Ho
Associate professor
The University of Hong Kong