Improving peer online forums

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Mental health; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN62469166
• Lead Sponsor: ancaster University

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37518092/ (added 31/07/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-10-28
• Last Update Posted: 18 March 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-10-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1134

Inclusion Criteria

Participating forums must:
1. Focus on supporting mental health
2. Be UK based
3. Aim to support young people or adults and/or be able to extract data from people aged 16 years old and over
4. Be hosted by a healthcare provider, charity, or commercial organisation
5. Sign up to a data sharing agreement consistent with the procedures outlined in this document
6. Not have anything in terms and conditions that would prohibit the use of data for research

Participating posts must:
Posts from all forum users aged 13 years old and over are eligible for analysis

Participating in the survey:
All users over the age of 16 participating in forums will be eligible for the survey

Participating in interviews:
All users, moderators and hosts of participating forums, plus other stakeholders who can contribute expertise to the development and testing of programme theories will be eligible for the interviews

Exclusion Criteria

Current participant exclusion criteria as of 04/11/2022:
1. People living outside the UK
2. Forums hosting data outside the UK or EU
3. Aged 15 years old and under for interview and survey data

Previous participant exclusion criteria:
1. People living outside the UK
2. Forums hosting data outside the UK
3. Aged 15 years old and under for interview and survey data

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified