Online Mental Wellness Program for Unmarried Mothers
- Conditions
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Registration Number
- KCT0007649
- Lead Sponsor
- Seoul National University
- Brief Summary
Quantitatively, a paired t-test revealed significant post-intervention differences in mental health and depression in the experimental group. Moreover, a generalized estimating equation found significant differences in self-esteem levels between the experimental and control groups. The four themes for the experiences of Ums who participated in the program included: “Improving health based on improved relaxation and vigor/vitality/energy,” “Reduced depression and anxiety by engaging in online and offline nature-based activities,” “Discovering a decent self through positive emotions,” and “Nature-like parenting with support from others.”
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 37
UMs aged 18 years and over who were raising a child aged 0–6 years and who voluntarily provided informed consent were enrolled in this study. Individuals who were participating in another psychological intervention program during the recruitment period or those who had taken antipsychotic medications in the past four weeks were excluded. Sample size was determined using the G*power 3.1 program; for a repeated measures analysis of variance with an effect size (f) of .25, significance level of .05, power of .80, two groups, two time points, and an inter-time point correlation of 0.5, the minimum sample size was calculated to be 17 per group. Considering that less than 20% of the participants withdrew their participation or submitted careless responses in a previous study on forest therapy, the target sample size was set to 42, with 21 in each group. To recruit participants for the quantitative study, we enlisted the cooperation of the administrators of a Korean website offering parenting support for Korean UMs through phone calls and emails and posted a recruitment advertisement on the website. Volunteers who wished to participate in the study were instructed to contact us directly.
Who are not UMs.
UMs raising children over 7 years old.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The SF-12 Health Survey developed by Ware, Kosinski, and Keller (1996) [25] and adapted and modified by Hur and Kim (2016) was used to measure the physical and psychological health of UMs. This 14-item tool comprises seven items each for physical and psychological health, and each item is rated on a four-point Likert scale ranging from 1 strongly disagree” to 4 strongly agree.” The total score ranges from 14–56. Twelve negatively worded items [2–7,9,10,12–14] were reverse-coded; thus, a higher score indicated better perceived health.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method