Clinical trial NCT05925062: Effect of a Mental Wellness App on the Mental Wellness of Medical and Nurse Anesthesia Students
Official title: Effect of a Mental Wellness App on the Mental Wellness of Medical and Nurse Anesthesia Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Keywords: stress levels
anxiety
depression
Lead sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-29
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: This will be a non-randomized, control-group, year-long study exploring the impact of a mental wellness app on various aspects of mental wellness in first-year medical students and second-year nurse anesthesia (CRNA) students from Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) during the 2023 - 2024 academic year (approximately July 2023 - June 2024).
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Mental health issues and suicide are becoming increasingly common among health care trainees and providers. Suicide is the leading cause of death among male medical residents and the second leading cause of death among female residents.

Detailed description: Training programs are usually very rigorous, caring for patients is stressful, and those who care for others often feel that they can't or shouldn't admit that they need care themselves. Unfortunately, there is often a stigma associated with mental illness, and trainees may feel that admitting that they struggle could damage their careers. The need exists for easily accessible, immediate, crisis support for medical trainees who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Although the effectiveness of mental health apps has been evaluated in college students, there is very little data assessing their use in medical and nurse anesthesia students. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a mental wellness app on the mental wellness of medical and nurse anesthesia students.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* first-year medical students and second-year nurse anesthesia (CRNA) students from Wake Forest University School of Medicine during the 2023 - 2024 academic year (approximately July 2023 - June 2024).

Exclusion Criteria:

* none

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores
timeFrame: Month 9
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores
timeFrame: Year 1
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of crisis alerts triggered
timeFrame: Year 1
measure: Number of daily wellness check-ins completed
timeFrame: Year 1
measure: Satisfaction with the app Scores
timeFrame: Year 1
measure: Time periods associated with lower daily wellness check scores
timeFrame: Year 1
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
name: James R Beardsley, PharmD, BCPS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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