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NCT Number: NCT02265978

CopeSmart: Using Mobile Technology to Promote Positive Mental Health in Young People

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a mental health mobile app (CopeSmart) in promoting positive mental health through emotional self-awareness in adolescents. Participants will be recruited from second-level schools in Ireland. Schools will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control condition. Participants in the intervention condition will use CopeSmart for a four week period. Those in the control condition will not use any mental health app.

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Key information

Conditions

General Mental Health and Well-Being

Age range

14 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Must be between 14 and 19 years
  • Must be enrolled in second-level education
  • Must have access to an iPhone, iTouch or Android mobile device
  • Must obtain signed parental consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • No parental consent

Treatment and study plan

CopeSmart

Device

Participants will use the CopeSmart app at least once per day for four weeks

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in levels of emotional self-awareness measured by the Emotional Self-Awareness Scale

    Time frame: Baseline (pre-test), 4 weeks later (post-test) and 8-10 weeks later (follow up)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in frequency of use of positive coping strategies measured by the Coping Strategies Inventory

    Time frame: Baseline (pre-test), 4 weeks later (post-test) and 8-10 weeks later (follow up)

  2. Changes in levels of well-being measured by the WHO-5 Well-Being Index

    Time frame: Baseline (pre-test), 4 weeks later (post-test) and 8-10 weeks later (follow up)

  3. Changes in help-seeking behaviour measured by the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline (pre-test), 4 weeks later (post-test) and 8-10 weeks later (follow up)

  4. Changes in levels of emotional distress measured by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale

    Time frame: Baseline (pre-test), 4 weeks later (post-test) and 8-10 weeks later (follow up)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University College Dublin

Other

Collaborators

  • Irish Research Council

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Oct 16, 2014
Registry last updated
Jul 10, 2015

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