scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Web-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Tool to Improve Mental Well-Being in the General Population: Randomized Controlled Trial

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. e2 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Powell ◽  
Thomas Hamborg ◽  
Nigel Stallard ◽  
Amanda Burls ◽  
Jaime McSorley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
General Population ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Mental Well Being

scholarly journals A Mobile Phone and Web-Based Intervention for Improving Mental Well-Being in Young People With Type 1 Diabetes: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine Clarke ◽  
Veronica Vatiliotis ◽  
Charles F Verge ◽  
Jane Holmes-Walker ◽  
Lesley V Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Mental Well Being

scholarly journals UPRIGHT, a resilience-based intervention to promote mental well-being in schools: study rationale and methodology for a European randomized controlled trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlota Las Hayas ◽  
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Irantzu Izco-Basurko ◽  
Ane Fullaondo ◽  
Silvia Gabrielli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Simulation Modelling ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Mental Well Being

Abstract Background Adolescence is crucial period for laying the foundations for healthy development and mental well-being. The increasing prevalence of mental disorders amongst adolescents makes promotion of mental well-being and prevention interventions at schools important. UPRIGHT (Universal Preventive Resilience Intervention Globally implemented in schools to improve and promote mental Health for Teenagers) is designed as a whole school approach (school community, students and families) to promote a culture of mental well-being and prevent mental disorders by enhancing resilience capacities. The present article aims at describing the rationale, conceptual framework, as well as methodology of implementation and evaluation of the UPRIGHT intervention. Methods UPRIGHT project is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 754919 (Duration: 48 months). The theoretical framework has been developed by an innovative and multidisciplinary approach using a co-creation process inside the UPRIGHT Consortium (involving seven institutions from Spain, Italy, Poland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland). Resulted is the UPRIGHT programme with 18 skills related to 4 components: Mindfulness, Coping, Efficacy and Social and Emotional Learning. Among the five Pan-European regions, 34 schools have been currently involved (17 control; 17 intervention) and around 6000 adolescents and their families are foreseen to participate along a 3-year period of evaluation. Effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated as a randomized controlled trial including quantitative and qualitative analysis in the five Pan-European regions representative of the cultural and socioeconomic diversity. The cost-effectiveness assessment will be performed by simulation modelling methods. Discussion We expect a short- to medium-term improvement of mental well-being in adolescents by enhancing resilience capacities. The study may provide robust evidence on intrapersonal, familiar and social environmental resilience factors promoting positive mental well-being. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03951376. Registered 15 May 2019.

scholarly journals A Web-Based Photo-Alteration Intervention to Promote Sleep: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Perucho ◽  
Kamalakannan M Vijayakumar ◽  
Sean N Talamas ◽  
Michael Wei-Liang Chee ◽  
David I Perrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sleep Hygiene ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Intention To Treat ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Information Group ◽  
Function Of Sleep

BACKGROUND Receiving insufficient sleep has wide-ranging consequences for health and well-being. Although educational programs have been developed to promote sleep, these have had limited success in extending sleep duration. To address this gap, we developed a Web-based program emphasizing how physical appearances change with varying amounts of sleep. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to evaluate (1) whether participants can detect changes in appearances as a function of sleep and (2) whether this intervention can alter habitual sleep patterns. METHODS We conducted a 5-week, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial among 70 habitual short sleepers (healthy adults who reported having &lt;7 hours of sleep routinely). Upon study enrollment, participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either standard information or an appearance-based intervention. Both groups received educational materials about sleep, but those in the appearance group also viewed a website containing digitally edited photographs that showed how they would look with varying amounts of sleep. As the outcome variables, sleep duration was monitored objectively via actigraphy (at baseline and at postintervention weeks 1 and 4), and participants completed a measure of sleep hygiene (at baseline and at postintervention weeks 2, 4, and 5). For each outcome, we ran intention-to-treat analyses using linear mixed-effects models. RESULTS In total, 35 participants were assigned to each group. Validating the intervention, participants in the appearance group (1) were able to identify what they looked like at baseline and (2) judged that they would look more attractive with a longer sleep duration (<italic>t</italic><sub>26</sub>=10.35, <italic>P</italic>&lt;.001). In turn, this translated to changes in sleep hygiene. Whereas participants in the appearance group showed improvements following the intervention (<italic>F</italic><sub>1,107.99</sub>=9.05, <italic>P</italic>=.003), those in the information group did not (<italic>F</italic><sub>1,84.7</sub>=0.19, <italic>P</italic>=.66). Finally, there was no significant effect of group nor interaction of group and time on actigraphy-measured sleep duration (smallest <italic>P</italic>=.26). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that an appearance-based intervention, while not sufficient as a stand-alone, could have an adjunctive role in sleep promotion. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02491138; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02491138.

scholarly journals Gratitude as Mood Mediates the Effects of a 6-Weeks Gratitude Intervention on Mental Well-Being: Post hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Bohlmeijer ◽  
Jannis Kraiss ◽  
Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra ◽  
Peter ten Klooster
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Mediation ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Gratitude Intervention ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Gratitude Interventions

There is a gap of knowledge about the extent to which gratitude is indeed the working mechanism of change in gratitude interventions aiming to promote mental well-being. This study explores the mediational role of gratitude as mood in the context of a recently conducted randomized controlled trial on the effects of a 6-week gratitude intervention on mental well-being in comparison with a waitlist control group. Gratitude as mood was measured at 2, 4, and 6 weeks. Both simple and multiple mediation models were conducted as well as various sensitivity analyses. Results showed a gradual increase of gratitude as mood during the intervention. The effects of the 6-week gratitude intervention on mental well-being were mediated by increases of gratitude as mood at 4 weeks but not at 2 weeks. These findings suggest a dose-response relationship for gratitude interventions, but more research is warranted.

scholarly journals Reducing suicidal thoughts in the Australian general population through web-based self-help: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bregje AJ van Spijker ◽  
Alison L Calear ◽  
Philip J Batterham ◽  
Andrew J Mackinnon ◽  
John A Gosling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
General Population ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Self Help
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