Clinical trial NCT03368014: "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show
Official title: Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults: "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - 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: 2017-12-11
Enrollment: 1784
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - 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 well-being. 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). "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show - 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 major subjects are 720-900 students. Four secondary schools in Hong Kong will be included in the evaluation. Schools will either be assigned into lyrics-writing and singing show intervention group or wait-list control group (the intervention won't be provided during the evaluation period and will be provided after the evaluation period).

The intervention mainly included 1) Lyrics-writing and Singing Competition with student and family entries: \[a\] lyrics-writing workshop and a short talk on SME focusing on praising family members and knowledge of adolescent mental health problem (in particular the anxiety disorders) and mental well-being; \[b\] use SME as theme for lyrics-writing and submit records of SME during lyrics-writing and singing; and \[d\] all entries are submitted in the form of audios. 2) SME Lyrics-writing and Singing Show and Award Ceremony (sharing): live performance by awarded entries and prize presentation ceremony.

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 SME related behaviors, 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 lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-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 lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T2: immediately after the workshop ( post intervention ); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
measure: Changes in personal happiness from baseline to four-month after baseline
timeFrame: T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
measure: Changes in mental well-being from baseline to four-month after baseline.
timeFrame: T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
measure: Changes in individual and family health from baseline to four-month after baseline
timeFrame: T1: before the lyrics-writing workshop (baseline); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
measure: Satisfaction toward "Fun．Feel．Share" Lyrics-writing and Singing Show Project
timeFrame: T2: immediately after the workshop ( post intervention ); T3: after the lyrics-writing competition (2-month after baseline); T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
measure: The social impact of the community-based engagement project
timeFrame: T4: after the singing show and award ceremony (4-month after baseline)
measure: The process of community based intervention programme
timeFrame: up to 4 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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