推广 JoyPop™ 应用程序促进大学生的心理健康和幸福感：一项随机对照试验的研究方案。

Promoting mental health and wellbeing among post-secondary students with the JoyPop™ app: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

机构信息

Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.

Children's Centre Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay, Canada.

出版信息

Trials. 2024 Sep 2;25(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08424-y.

DOI:10.1186/s13063-024-08424-y

PMID:39223596

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11367905/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Technology use may be one strategy to promote mental health and wellbeing among young adults in post-secondary education settings experiencing increasing distress and mental health difficulties. The JoyPop™ app is mobile mental health tool with a growing evidence base. The objectives of this research are to (1) evaluate the effectiveness of the JoyPop™ app in improving emotion regulation skills (primary outcome), as well as mental health, wellbeing, and resilience (secondary outcomes); (2) evaluate sustained app use once users are no longer reminded and determine whether sustained use is associated with maintained improvements in primary and secondary outcomes; (3) determine whether those in the intervention condition have lower mental health service usage and associated costs compared to those in the control condition; and (4) assess users' perspectives on the quality of the JoyPop™ app.

METHODS

A pragmatic, parallel arm randomized controlled trial will be used. Participants will be randomly allocated using stratified block randomization in a 1:1 ratio to the intervention (JoyPop™) or control (no intervention) condition. Participants allocated to the intervention condition will be asked to use the JoyPop™ app at least twice daily for 4 weeks. Participants will complete outcome measures at four assessment time-points (first [baseline], second [after 2 weeks], third [after 4 weeks], fourth [after 8 weeks; follow-up]). Participants in the control condition will be offered access to the app after the fourth assessment time-point.

DISCUSSION

Results will determine the effectiveness of the JoyPop™ app for promoting mental health and wellbeing among post-secondary students. If effective, this may encourage more widespread adoption of the JoyPop™ app by post-secondary institutions as part of their response to student mental health needs.

TRIAL REGISTRATION

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06154369 . Registered on November 23, 2023.

摘要

背景

在经历压力增加和心理健康问题的高等教育后阶段，技术的使用可能是促进年轻人心理健康和幸福感的策略之一。JoyPop ™ 应用程序是一种移动心理健康工具，具有越来越多的证据基础。本研究的目的是：(1)评估 JoyPop ™ 应用程序在改善情绪调节技能方面的有效性（主要结果），以及心理健康、幸福感和适应力（次要结果）；(2)评估一旦用户不再收到提醒，应用程序的持续使用情况，并确定持续使用是否与主要和次要结果的维持改善相关；(3)确定干预组的心理健康服务使用量和相关费用是否低于对照组；(4)评估用户对 JoyPop ™ 应用程序质量的看法。

方法

将采用实用的、平行臂随机对照试验。参与者将按照分层块随机化以 1:1 的比例随机分配到干预（JoyPop ™）或对照组（无干预）。分配到干预组的参与者将被要求在 4 周内每天至少使用 JoyPop ™ 应用程序两次。参与者将在四个评估时间点（第一次[基线]、第二次[第 2 周后]、第三次[第 4 周后]、第四次[第 8 周后；随访]）完成结果测量。对照组的参与者将在第四个评估时间点后获得应用程序的访问权限。