Online single-session interventions for Kenyan adolescents:study protocol for a comparative effectiveness randomised controlled trial
作者机构:Department of PsychologyUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA Shamiri InstituteNairobiKenya Department of PsychologyHarvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusettsUSA
出 版 物:《General Psychiatry》 (综合精神医学(英文))
年 卷 期:2021年第34卷第3期
页 面:163-168页
核心收录:
学科分类:0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 04[教育学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100205[医学-精神病与精神卫生学] 1009[医学-特种医学] 10[医学]
主 题:assigned behaviour Edinburgh
摘 要:Background Mental health problems are the leading cause of disability among adolescents worldwide,yet access to treatment is *** digital interventions have been shown to improve youth mental health,but little is known about which digital interventions are most *** To evaluate the effectiveness of two digital single-session interventions(Shamiri-Digital and Digital-CBT(cognitive-behavioural therapy))among Kenyan *** We will perform a school-based comparative effectiveness randomised controlled *** 926 Kenyan adolescents will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions:Shamiri-Digital(focused on gratitude,growth mindsets and values),Digital-CBT(focused on behavioural activation,cognitive restructuring and problem solving)or a study-skills control condition(focused on note-taking and essay writing skills).The primary outcomes include depressive symptoms(measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-8),anxiety symptoms(Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener-7)and subjective well-being(Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale).The secondary outcomes include acceptability,appropriateness,primary control and secondary *** and appropriateness will be measured immediately post-intervention;other outcomes will be measured 2 weeks,4 weeks and 12 weeks *** We hypothesise that adolescents assigned to Shamiri-Digital and adolescents assigned to Digital-CBT will experience greater improvements(assessed via hierarchical linear models)than those assigned to the control *** will also compare Shamiri-Digital with Digital-CBT,although we do not have a preplanned *** Our findings will help us evaluate two digital single-session interventions with different theoretical *** effective,such interventions could be disseminated to reduce the public health burden of common mental health problems.