Online Social Support Program for Physical and Mental Health of Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 400
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Nutrition knowledge score (change)
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to test the effect of informational and emotional social support (via nutrition education, mental health support, and/or baking classes) through two different communication modalities (online vs. mixed mode / hybrid) on physical and mental health outcomes
Our research questions are the following.
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Does an online social support program that provides informational and emotional support improve diet, anthropometry, and mental health?
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Does a mixed-mode social support program that provides informational, emotional support through both online and face-to-face mode improve diet, anthropometry, and mental health?
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Is a mixed mode social support program more effective in improving outcomes? Does meeting the group members face-to-face change the dynamics of online communication? If yes, what are the mechanisms? Are there differences in the following outcomes by communication modality?
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Online bonding
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Group identity
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Quality of relationship
详细描述
Study design: Randomized controlled trial
- Study description
Filipino Migrant Domestic workers (MDWs) working in Hong Kong will be eligible to apply. The investigators will advertise in Newspapers and Facebook commonly read by Filipino MDWs in Hong Kong. The investigators will recruit 400 MDWs over two phases and randomly assign them across three arms, T1) mixed-mode social support program; T2) Online social support program; and C) Control. Online social support program will be delivered through WhatsApp group chat. MDWs will self-fill surveys at Caritas office, but surveys will be assisted by survey enumerators as a group. 2. Logistics
Due to administrative constraints delivering interventions to 400 participants at the same time, the investigators will deliver interventions over two cohorts.
Cohort 1 (~200 participants)
- Oct 31st-Dec 18th 2022 Baseline survey
- Jan 8th-March 18th 2023 Intervention (10 weeks)
- March 26th -April 16th 2023 Follow-up survey
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Baseline survey, follow-up survey, and anthropometry measurement will be collected through assessor masked to assignment details.
入排标准
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Migrant domestic worker working in Hong Kong
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Nutrition knowledge score (change)
时间窗: Change from baseline nutrition knowledge at approximately 3-6 months.
Questions to test nutrition knowledge, survey questionnaire (score range 0-17, higher score means better outcome)
Stress (change)
时间窗: Change from baseline mental health at approximately 3-6 months.
Screen for stress using DASS-21 questionnaire, survey questionnaire (score range (0-42), higher score means worse outcome
Perceived social support (change)
时间窗: Change from baseline perceived social support at approximately 3-6 months.
Participant's perceived social support score, scale adapted from Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3), survey questionnaire, higher score means better outcome.
Healthy diet practices (change)
时间窗: Change from baseline diet practices at approximately 3-6 months.
Questions adapted from "starting the conversation (STC)" food frequency instrument, scale range 0-50, higher score means better outcome, survey questionnaire
Anxiety (change)
时间窗: Change from baseline mental health at approximately 3-6 months.
Screen for anxiety using DASS-21 questionnaire, survey questionnaire, score range (0-42), higher score means worse outcome
Depression (change)
时间窗: Change from baseline mental health at approximately 3-6 months.
Screen for depression using DASS-21 questionnaire, survey questionnaire, score range (0-42), higher score means worse outcome
次要结局
- Peer pressure(measured at end-line only (3-6 months after baseline survey))
- Body mass index (change)(Change from baseline BMI at approximately 3-6 months.)
- Waist-to-stature ratio (change)(Change from baseline waist-to-stature ratio at approximately 3-6 months.)
- Waist-to-hip ratio (change)(Change from baseline waist-to-hip ratio at approximately 3-6 months.)
- Online bonding(measured at end-line only (3-6 months after baseline survey))
- Self-efficacy (change)(Change from baseline self-efficacy at approximately 3-6 months.)
- Group identity(measured at end-line only ( 3-6 months after baseline survey))
研究者
Anirban MUKHOPADHYAY
Professor
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology