Preliminary Evaluation of a Mental Health Program: a Comparison Study
ConditionMental Wellbeing
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorThe Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
About this trial
The mental hygiene challenge is a Royal Ottawa Health Care Group led initiative to engage the staff, clients and community members to attend to their mental well-being by way of practicing mental hygiene activities for 10 min on a daily basis, throughout the month of March. Participants are encouraged to choose one or many of the practices recommended and do them for about 10 minutes a day. Participants are encouraged to make it their own, in that they can combine the practice or tailor them in a way that suits them best. When signing up for the challenge, participants receive free access to a toolkit with brief outlines and instructional videos on various mental hygiene practices.
Study investigators also encourage participants to divide the 10 minutes in whatever way best works for them, such as 10 minutes all at once, 5 minutes twice, or even 2 minutes five times. This study aims to expand on the work that was done in 2022 and 2023, when the World Health Organization - 5 Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) and the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) were collected from participants to ascertain the impact of mental hygiene, by way of including a control group.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
18 years and above
can speak English
Disqualifiers
Have previously participated in the mental hygiene challenge (exclusion for the control group).
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Mental Hygiene
BehavioralMental hygiene are daily evidence based practices that support mental wellbeing.
Self-Care
BehavioralInstructed to do 10 minutes of self-care daily.
Treatment groups
200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Mental Hygiene GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Self-Care GroupActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in level of mental wellbeing as measured by the World Health Organization (WHO)-5 wellbeing index.
The psychometric index will be collected before and after the 30 days of mental hygiene or self-care. Higher scores indicate better outcomes (min score =0, max score =25).
Time frame
Over approximately a 30 day period.2
Change in level of mental wellbeing as measured by the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)
The psychometric index will be collected before and after the 30 days of mental hygiene or self-care. Higher scores indicate better outcomes (min score = 14, max score = 70).
Time frame
Over approximately a 30 day period.Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov