Clinical trial NCT03361462: Joyful Adventure Day for Adolescents
Official title: Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults: Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
Keywords: Sharing
Mind
Enjoyment
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong
First posted: 2017-12-04
Enrollment: 505
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project is part of the Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at promoting Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) and enhancing mental wellbeing. The Mental Wellness Project is financially supported by the Health Care and Promotion Fund from Food and Health Bureau and led by the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU). Joyful Adventure Day - A Pilot Project aims to promote the SME related behaviors of adolescents through intervention of physical activities, and to promote their happiness, well-being and mental health knowledge.

Detailed description: A cluster randomized controlled trial design will be adopted. The Project will organize two joyful adventure days in secondary schools in the form of physical activities and competitions with the following activities:

* Fitness assessment (enjoyment) and in-door games, which will be designed, supervised and supported by experienced social workers;
* Short interactive talk on SME, positive thinking and understanding of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being;
* Issue achievement / improvement stickers to students, and attractive prizes to the 10 fittest students by chairperson / members of Parent-Teacher Association (sharing);
* Provide physical activity diary after 1st session of adventure day, and invite family members / peers to join the competition at the 2nd session.

The major subjects of Joyful Adventure Day Pilot Project RCT study are 200-300 students. 3 schools will be included in the evaluation. The classes in the same school will either be assigned into intervention group or waitlist control group (the intervention won't be provided during evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period.).

There will then be 4 assessments (pre-intervention, immediate post intervention, one month and three months after baseline) to evaluate the effects of the intervention programme. In the assessments, students will be asked to complete questionnaires to measure the changes in fitness enjoyment, physical activity frequency, happiness, well-being and knowledge and attitude towards mental health. The satisfaction towards the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention will be evaluated.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students (major subjects): (Intervention group and waitlist control group)

  1. Chinese speaking
  2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
  3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
  4. Secondary school students
* Parents: (Intervention group)

  1. Chinese speaking
  2. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
  3. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire completion
  4. With at least one secondary school child
* School principals/teachers/community partners: (Intervention group)

  1. Principals/teachers of intervention school and/or staffs of The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association in partnership with HKU research team who organize plan or implement the project
  2. Adults aged 18 or above
  3. Chinese speaking
  4. Intact verbal and hearing abilities for interpersonal communication
  5. Reading and writing abilities for questionnaire/individual in-depth interviews completion

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students who cannot read Chinese

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in the concept of Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) for adolescents and their family members.
timeFrame: T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in the knowledge and understanding about mental health for adolescents and their family members.
timeFrame: T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T2: immediately after the 1st Joyful Adventure Day ( post intervention ); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 4-month after baseline
measure: Changes in personal happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline
timeFrame: T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline
measure: Changes in mental well-being from baseline to three-month after baseline.
timeFrame: T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline
measure: Changes in individual and family health from baseline to three-month after baseline
timeFrame: T1: before the 1st Joyful Adventure Day (baseline); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline
measure: Satisfaction toward Joyful Adventure Day Project
timeFrame: T2: immediately after the 1st Joyful Adventure Day ( post intervention ); T3: after the 2nd Joyful Adventure Day (1-month after baseline); T4: 3-month after baseline
measure: The social impact of the community-based engagement project
timeFrame: T4: 3-month after baseline
measure: The process of community based intervention programme
timeFrame: up to 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: Associate Professor
name: Daniel, Sai Yin Ho, Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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