The author developed the HOPE intervention based on a systematic review (Tay, Tay, \& Klainin-Yobas, 2018). The overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.
The study will be a two-group, parallel randomized control trial (RCT), with a pre-test, post-test and repeated, control group design. he overall aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of the online HOPE intervention in enhancing mental health literacy, on depression literacy, psychological well-being and in reducing stress among youths aged 18 - 24 living in Singapore.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
200
Online HOPE intervention to increase mental health literacy
Depression Literacy
using D-Lit. The scale consists of 22 items that are scored 'true', 'false' or 'don't know'. Greater scores equate greater depression MHL.
Time frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Anxiety literacy
A-Lit. The scale consists of 22 items that are scored 'true', 'false' or 'don't know'. Greater scores equate greater anxiety MHL.
Time frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Mental health literacy
depression vignette (shortened)
Time frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Psychological well-being
Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale. PWB can be measured by the 18-items psychological well-being scale that measures the six dimensions of PWB (Ryff, 1989). The scale ranges from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Scores ranged from 18 to 123, with greater points indicating greater PWB.
Time frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
Stress
Perceived Stress Scale. The 10-question perceived stress scale (PSS) consists of five response categories: never (0), almost never (1), sometimes (2), fairly often (3), and very often (4). Total scores range from 0 to 56, with higher scores indicating higher stress.
Time frame: Change from baseline depression literacy to post intervention (up to 1 month), and follow up at 2 months
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