School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2023 Aug 15;18(8):e0288676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288676. eCollection 2023.
Calls have been made to rethink the mental health support currently available for young people. This study aims to help re-focus and reduce the inaccessibility of mental health services by offering an adapted version of a theoretically-driven, evidence-based, guided psychosocial intervention known as 'Groups 4 Health' (G4H). To date, the G4H intervention has mainly been trialled in Australia, with promising positive effects on social connection, mental health and well-being. The present study examines the feasibility of running a randomised controlled trial when delivering the G4H intervention for young people in the UK.
The TOGETHER study is a feasibility randomised controlled trial of an adapted version of the G4H intervention. Participants are aged 16-25, currently experiencing mental health difficulties and recruited from mental health services. The target sample size is 30, with 15 in each trial arm. Participants are randomly allocated to either G4H plus treatment as usual, or treatment as usual alone. The primary outcomes of interest are the feasibility of recruitment, randomisation, data collection and retention to the study at 10 and 14 week follow up, as well as the acceptability, and accessibility of the study protocol and G4H intervention.
The results of this study will indicate if further optimisation is required to improve the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of the intervention and study protocol procedures as perceived by end users and practitioners. This offers a significant opportunity to support the local and national demand for accessible, innovative, and effective psychosocial youth mental health support.
ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN12505807). Registration date: 11/04/2022.
人们呼吁重新思考当前为年轻人提供的心理健康支持。本研究旨在通过提供一种经过改编的、基于理论且有证据支持的、名为“团体 4 健康”（G4H）的心理社会干预措施，帮助重新关注并减少心理健康服务的不可及性。迄今为止，G4H 干预措施主要在澳大利亚进行了试验，对社交联系、心理健康和幸福感产生了积极的影响。本研究探讨了在英国为年轻人提供 G4H 干预措施时进行随机对照试验的可行性。
TOGETHER 研究是一项关于 G4H 干预措施改编版本的可行性随机对照试验。参与者年龄在 16-25 岁之间，目前正在经历心理健康困难，并从心理健康服务机构招募。目标样本量为 30 人，每组 15 人。参与者被随机分配到 G4H 加常规治疗或仅常规治疗。主要观察指标为招募、随机分组、数据收集和保留到 10 周和 14 周随访的可行性，以及研究方案和 G4H 干预措施的可接受性和可及性。
这项研究的结果将表明是否需要进一步优化，以提高干预措施和研究方案程序的可行性、可接受性和可及性，这为满足当地和国家对可及、创新和有效的青年心理健康支持的需求提供了一个重要机会。
ISRCTN 注册处（ISRCTN80421237）。注册日期：2022 年 4 月 11 日。
