REThinkWELL- the Use of Therapeutic Game to Reduce Mental Health Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Emotional Problem; Mental Health Issue

• Registration Number: NCT06529510
• Lead Sponsor: Babes-Bolyai University

Brief Summary

To test the effect of a game-based intervention in reducing clinical and subclinical symptoms of children and adolescents.

Detailed Description

The general objective of the study is to test the REThink therapeutic game for improvements in clinical and subclinical mental health symptoms in children and adolescents aged 8-16 years old from multiple schools and counties. The game will be used by children and adolescents from the experimental group for a period of four weeks. Pre-test and post-test measurements will be taken.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-31
• Study Completion: 2022-08-30
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 279

Inclusion Criteria

• children and adolescents aged 8 to 16 years
• subclinical level on the SDQ measure, total score, or emotional symptoms
• parental consent provided

Exclusion Criteria

• intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online game
• does not have parental informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mental health	baseline assessment, one week prior to the intervention	Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). The scale has 25-items within its five subscales, namely emotional symptoms (ES), conduct problems (CP), hyperactivity/inattention (HY), peer relationship (PR) problems and prosocial behavior (PS) and total mental health difficulties score (MHD). The items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale, from 0 (not true) to 2 (certainly true). The minimum score is 0 and the maximum is 40. Higher scores represent higher level of mental health difficulties.
Irrationality	baseline assessment, one week prior to the intervention	The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard \& Cronan, 1999) will be used in order to test irrational/rational beliefs as a mechanism of change. Children and adolescents were asked to express their agreement/disagreement with the 28 statements on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("strong disagreement") to 5 ("strong agreement"). The minimum score is 28 and the maximum score is 140. Higher scores represent higher levels of irrationality.
Changes in irrationality	post-test assessment, one week after the intervention	The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard \& Cronan, 1999) will be used in order to test irrational/rational beliefs as a mechanism of change. Children and adolescents were asked to express their agreement/disagreement with the 28 statements on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("strong disagreement") to 5 ("strong agreement"). Higher scores represent higher levels of irrationality.
Changes in mental health	post-test assessment, one week after the intervention	Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). The scale has 25-items within its five subscales, namely emotional symptoms (ES), conduct problems (CP), hyperactivity/inattention (HY), peer relationship (PR) problems and prosocial behavior (PS) and total mental health difficulties score (MHD). The items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale, from 0 (not true) to 2 (certainly true). The minimum score is 0 and the maximum is 40. Higher scores represent higher level of mental health difficulties.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Babes-Bolyai University; 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca, Romania