This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth in the juvenile legal system. The primary questions it is designed to answer are: 1. Will youth adequately adhere to the 1-month meditation app? 2. Is it feasible to collect data remotely from youth on their self-reported cannabis use, sexual health, and mental health at baseline, 1, and 6 months?
The investigators aim enroll 100 youth in Cook County, IL 13-18 years old who report regular access to an Apple or Android smartphone. Following completion of a baseline questionnaire, participants will be individually randomized at a 1:1 ratio to 1 of 2 smartphone app conditions: (1) Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness), a 30-day meditation app or (2) HIB (Health In Balance), a health promotion control app matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure. Follow-up assessments will occur at 1 and 6 months. All study activities will be remote.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
107
Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness) is a smartphone-based app that teaches users to establish a daily meditation practice via a 30-day "path," with each day consisting of a brief audio- or video-guided file. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they may access any time to prepare for particular situations (e.g., attending a party).
HIB (Health In Balance) is a smartphone-based app that is matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure, but includes health promotion content (e.g., educational information on substance use) in place of the meditation content featured in Bodhi AIM. Like Bodhi AIM, HIB includes a 30-day "path" of audio and video files, along with a menu of "to go" audio files that users may access any time to review key intervention concepts.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
App adherence
Days of objective app usage
Time frame: 1 month
Percentage of participants who complete the cannabis use measure at each time point
Cannabis use is measured with the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test-Revised
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
Percentage of participants who complete the sexual health measure at each time point
Sexual health is measured with a modified version of the AIDS Risk Behavior Assessment
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
Percentage of participants who complete the mental health symptoms measure at each time point
Mental health symptoms are measured with the Youth Self Report
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
Percentage of participants who complete other substance use measures at each time point
The other substance use measures include the Young Adult Alcohol Problem Scale, the Alcohol Trouble Scale, the Hangover Symptoms Scale, and a modified Substance Use Self-Efficacy Scale
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
Percentage of participants who complete other mental health measures at each time point
The other mental health measures include the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire, the Short-Form Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, the Negative Mood Regulation Scale, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10, and the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire-15
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
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