JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App With Indigenous Transitional-Aged Youth
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-25
SponsorLakehead University
About this trial
Indigenous youth in Northwestern Ontario who need mental health supports experience longer waits than non-Indigenous youth within the region and when compared to youth in other more urban areas. Limited access and extended waits can exacerbate symptoms, prolong distress, and increase risk for more serious outcomes. Transitional aged youth (i.e., those in their mid-late teens to early twenties) are a particularly vulnerable group. Novel, innovative approaches are urgently needed to provide support for Indigenous youth in Northwestern Ontario. In partnership with Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, the investigators are evaluating the impact of a mental health app (JoyPop) as a tool for Indigenous transitional-aged youth who are waiting for mental health services. The JoyPop app was developed to support improved emotion regulation - a key difficulty for youth presenting with mental health challenges. A two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the app compared to usual practice while Indigenous transitional-aged youth are waiting for mental health services.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Indigenous transitional-aged youth must be on the wait-list for mental health services at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care and be between 18-25 years old.
Eligible youth will also need to be available to attend a virtual or in-person orientation session.
In order to download the JoyPop app, participants will need access to an iOS device (e.g., iPhone, iPad). Refurbished iPhones containing just the JoyPop app will be provided to participants to use for the duration of the trial if they do not have access to their own.
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Usual Practice + JoyPop
BehavioralParticipants will be asked to use the app at least twice daily but will otherwise not be provided with requirements related to feature or total usage.
Treatment groups
110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Usual Practice + JoyPopExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Usual PracticeNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in emotion regulation (overall)
Emotion regulation will be assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form. Total scores range from 18 to 90 with higher scores indicating greater difficulties in emotion regulation.
Time frame
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)2
Change in emotion regulation (strategies)
Emotion regulation strategies will be assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form strategies subscale. Total scores range from 3 to 15 with higher scores indicating greater difficulties.
Time frame
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)3
Change in emotion regulation (non-acceptance)
Emotion regulation strategies will be assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form non-acceptance subscale. Total scores range from 3 to 15 with higher scores indicating greater difficulties.
Time frame
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)4
Change in emotion regulation (impulse)
Emotion regulation strategies will be assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form impulse subscale. Total scores range from 3 to 15 with higher scores indicating greater difficulties.
Time frame
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)Secondary outcomes
1
Change in psychological distress
Psychological distress will be assessed with the total score for all items on the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21. Total scores range from 0 to 63 with higher scores indicating greater psychological distress.
Time frame
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)2
Change in depressive symptoms
Depressive symptoms will be assessed with the Depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21. Total scores range from 0 to 21 with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms.
Time frame
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)3
Change in anxious symptoms
Depressive symptoms will be assessed with the Anxiety subscale of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21. Total scores range from 0 to 21 with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms.
Time frame
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)4
Change in stress
Depressive symptoms will be assessed with the Stress subscale of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21. Total scores range from 0 to 21 with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms.
Time frame
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 will be administered at baseline (pre), after 2 weeks (mid), and after 4 weeks (post)Other outcomes
1
App quality (overall)
App quality (overall) will be assessed with the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale. Total scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater quality.
Time frame
User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale will be administered to the intervention group after 4 weeks (post)2
App quality (engagement)
App quality (engagement) will be assessed with the Engagement subscale of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale. Total scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater quality (engagement).
Time frame
User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale will be administered to the intervention group after 4 weeks (post)3
App quality (functionality)
App quality (functionality) will be assessed with the Functionality subscale of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale. Total scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater quality (functionality).
Time frame
User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale will be administered to the intervention group after 4 weeks (post)4
App quality (aesthetics)
App quality (aesthetics) will be assessed with the Aesthetics subscale of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale. Total scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater quality (aesthetics).
Time frame
User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale will be administered to the intervention group after 4 weeks (post)Sponsors and contacts
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Lakehead University
Lead sponsor
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
Collaborator
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