A randomised controlled trial of the Happy Lessons approach: a school-based programme to strengthen psychosocial wellbeing and prevent depression in pre-vocational school pupils

Completed

Conditions: depression
depressive symptoms
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Registration Number: NL-OMON51002

Lead Sponsor: Trimbos-instituut

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 1050

Inclusion Criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, recruited schools must
meet all of the following criteria: both (1) the school authorities and (2) the
community or mental health service whose duty it is to provide services for the
school must agree to adhere to the HL protocol. In addition, (3) each school
should include at least two school classes within at least one school year
(e.g., either school year one or two).

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, students must meet all of
the following criteria:
1. Enrolment in either the first or second school year of pre-vocational
education.
2. Informed consent of the parent(s).
3. Informed consent of the pupil.
4. Sufficient command of the Dutch language

Exclusion Criteria

1. No informed consent from the parent(s)
2. No informed consent from the pupil

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary study parameters are well-being and depressive symptoms. These will<br /><br>be measured by pupils self-reports at all four assessment points (e.g., T0-T3).<br /><br>The primary outcome measurement will be the 6-months follow-up measurement<br /><br>(T3). Depressive symptoms will be measured with the Dutch version of the<br /><br>self-report questionnaire Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale<br /><br>(CES-D) (Bouma et al., 2012; Schroevers et al., 2000). Well-being will be<br /><br>measured with the Dutch translation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being<br /><br>Scale (WEMWBS) (Ikink, Lamers, & Bolier, 2012; Tennant et al., 2007). </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Life satisfaction will be assessed with the Cantril Ladder (Cantril, 1965).<br /><br><br /><br>demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, age, immigration background) and<br /><br>questionnaires measuring the pupils perceived school climate (i.e., classmate<br /><br>support, teacher support, bullying involvement, bullying victimization, school<br /><br>connectedness, and perceived schoolwork pressure). The mental health<br /><br>professionals who deliver HL will fill in an online questionnaire after the<br /><br>final individual consultation session on how many pupils the referred to<br /><br>additional help and what type of help they referred the pupils too (e.g., some<br /><br>additional individual sessions with the mental health professional themselves<br /><br>or other appropriate local care). We will also evaluate the implementation of<br /><br>HL to gain insight in the results of the study and warrant successful future<br /><br>implementation for scale up of HL.</p><br>