This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers in the juvenile legal system and other professionals working directly with legal-involved youth.
Professionals working with legal-involved youth experience high levels of depression, anxiety, and workplace burnout. Mindfulness meditation targets emotion regulation-which appears to be a common mechanism underlying depression, anxiety, and burnout-and it can be effectively delivered via smartphone app. This project will assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers and other professionals working with legal-involved youth. The findings are intended to inform the development of a future, fully-powered hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
57
AIM+ is a smartphone-based app that teaches mindfulness meditation to professionals working with legal-involved youth over a 30-day "path." Each day of the path consists of a brief (approximately 5- to 10-minute) audio-guided meditation practice, with brief videos interspersed to illustrate key concepts and promote engagement. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they can use as relevant to their workday (e.g., for professionals to listen to before attending a meeting). AIM+ also includes a menu of audio-guided meditation practices that officers can share with the youth on their caseloads (e.g., for youth to listen to before attending court).
Resource+ is a 30-day smartphone-based program that includes information on local and national resources that professionals can use to learn about organizations and services available to youth with whom they work.
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
App adherence (binary)
Percentage of participants who play at least one file on their study app after app setup at baseline
Time frame: 1 month
App adherence (continuous)
Average number of daily app files played over the 1-month intervention period
Time frame: 1 month
Enrollment
Number of participants enrolled
Time frame: Baseline
Randomization
Percentage of participants randomized to each arm
Time frame: Baseline
Retention
Percentage of participants who attend (yes/no) each follow-up visit
Time frame: 1 month, 6 months
Percentage of Participants Who Complete Remote Questionnaire Batteries
Percentage of participants who complete the entire health questionnaire battery at each assessment time point. This outcome captures the feasibility of remotely administering an in-depth battery probing sensitive behavioral health domains (e.g., mental health symptoms and substance use). Outcome values are binary (yes/no to completion of full battery).
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)
Four-item scale assessing perceived acceptability of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and averaged to produce a total score ranging from 1 to 5; with higher scores indicating greater acceptability.
Time frame: 1 month
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Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM)
Four-item scale assessing perceived appropriateness of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and averaged to produce a total score ranging from 1 to 5; with higher scores indicating greater appropriateness.
Time frame: 1 month
Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM)
Four-item scale assessing perceived feasibility of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and averaged to produce a total score ranging from 1 to 5; with higher scores indicating greater feasibility.
Time frame: 1 month
System Usability Scale (SUS)
Ten-item scale assessing perceived usability of the intervention. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and scored to produce a total score ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater usability.
Time frame: 1 month
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
Eight-item scale assessing participant satisfaction with the intervention. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale and summed to produce a total score ranging from 8 to 32, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.
Time frame: 1 month
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) completion
Percentage of EMA reports made out of total EMA prompts sent at each week long EMA burst (i.e., measures of current positive and negative affect \[International Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF)\] and current attentional control).
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month