Clinical trial NCT05812313: Educators and Young People's Mental Health
Official title: Educators and Young People's Mental Health During Their Vocational Education in the Health and Care Professions - a Cross-Sequential Observational Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Adolescent Development
Mental Health Wellness 1
Mental Health Wellness 2
Mental Disorder in Adolescence
Social Stigma
Keywords: adolescent
health promotion
mental health
schools
health literacy
cross sectional
educators
vocational education
health care profession
social care professions
Lead sponsor: St.Gallen University of Applied Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrum für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe St.Gallen (BZGS)
First posted: 2023-04-13
Enrollment: 2950
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 64
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Sample of trainees in the health and social professions. Healthcare Assistant, Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (FAGE), Certified Social Care Worker, Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, Specialisation in people with disabilities (FABB), Certified Social Care Worker, Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, Specialisation in children (FABK), Medical Practice Assistant (MPA), Dental assistant (DA), Health and Social Assistant (AGS), Registered Nurse (HF), Biomedical Analyst (BMA), Registered Operation Room Technician, Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (OT).

Sample of educators who teach in the aforementioned professions. No limitations are to be made regarding age, professional experience or duration of training.

Brief summary: The aim of the present study is to assess the current state of mental health of educators and young persons at the education centre for health and care professions in St. Gallen (BZGS) by conducting screening instruments. Furthermore, the investigators aim to identify risk and protective factors for the mental health of vocational trainees in health and care professions.

These results are both essential for further research and educational practice. Moreover, results may maximise the chances of creating in future meaningful intervention for young persons in this specific setting.

Detailed description: Background:

Young person's undergoing training in the health or social services sector are confronted with issues such as dying, illness and severe personal tragedies while they are still in the process of their own development. This can have serious effects on their mental health. During this time, vocational school is a central part of young persons' lives. The YouCoMent project will initiate a sustainable promotion and maintenance of mental health and thus preventively counteract the development of mental health conditions.

In order to meet the special challenges of vocational schools in the health sector, this study pursues the following objectives:

To assess the current state of mental health of young persons at the educational centre.

To identify individual risk and protective factors for the mental health of young persons.

Methods:

This study is the first part of the YouCoMent project, which will be carried out at the education centre for health and care professions in St. Gallen (BZGS), Switzerland between 2023 and 2026.It has approx. 150 educators. The number of trainees in basic training is about 2800.

Every person will be asked through the BZGS internal E-Mail distribution lists to participate. Beforehand, between 20 and 24 January 2023. Data collection will be conducted on T1: 26 January 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025. Participation in the study is voluntary. The data collection is going to be carried out using a self-administered online questionnaire. Data collection will be conducted in anonymous form.

The quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive and, where appropriate, exploratory statistics, as well as analysed with statistical software (SPSS). The statistical analyses are carried out by researchers at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland in St. Gallen.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All trainees at the centre

Exclusion Criteria:

* under age of 14

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Patient Health Questionnaire at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Self-Efficacy Scale at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline Stress- and Coping-Inventory at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline World Health Organization - assessment of self-rated health status at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline World Health Organization - current use of mental health services at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline World Health Organization - perceived need for mental health services at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline Community-Attitude-toward-the-Mental-Ill (CAMI)-Inventory at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education - Revised at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
measure: Change from Baseline Teacher Effectiveness in Inclusive Education at 2 years
timeFrame: T1: 20. January - 28. of February 2023 and T2: 24 January 2025 - 28. of February 2025
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: St. Gallen
country: Switzerland
facility: Competence Center for Mental Health
state: SG
Study officials:
affiliation: Competence Center for Mental Health - Eastern Switzerland
name: Manuel P. Stadtmann, Prof. Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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