Dance Mental Health App

N/ARecruitingNCT07219095

University of California, San Diego50 enrolled

Overview

This project aims to enhance self-compassion in adolescent dancers recovering from a foot and ankle injury by incorporating the use of a mental health intervention app using gamified design during their recovery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Ankle Injury Foot Injury Lower Extremity Injury

Interventions

Mental Health AppDEVICE

Participants will use the SuperBetter mobile app to participate in gamified mental health activities 5 days per week, 10 minutes per day, for 12 weeks alongside their physical therapy.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provision of informed consent (adult participant), or consent of parent/legal guardian in conjunction with adolescent assent (minor participant) 2. 13 to 18 years of age 3. Endorses dance as their primary sport, or participates 3 days per week or greater in dance prior to injury 4. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures including the intervention regimen and availability for the duration of the study 5. Access to a device with which the SuperBetter app can be downloaded and used Exclusion Criteria: 1. Dance is not a primary sport or less than 3 days per week spent dancing prior to injury (skater, gymnast, other sport) 2. Requiring surgery or prior surgery for the injury being treated 3. Injury outside of the leg below the knee 4. Known eating disorder or bone density issue (documented abnormal Z score and/or eating disorder diagnosis upon review of the medical chart) 5. Verbalized plans to not return to dance after recovery from the injury

Locations (1)

Rady Children's Hospital

San Diego, California, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number (or percentage) of participants who have returned to full, unrestricted dance after injury

Will be assessed as part of the clinical exam by asking current return to dance status

Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months.

Secondary Outcomes

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Measures of Pediatric Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Pain Interference, and Mobility questionnaire

PROMIS scores for Emotional distress (anxiety and depression) and Pain interference subscales. Higher score and higher standard deviation from the norm are considered poorer function/worse outcomes.

Time frame: enrollment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months

Self Compassion Scale (SCS) - Short Form questionnaire

1 is the lowest possible overall calculated score, and the highest overall calculated score is 5, with greater scores indicating greater level of self-compassion.

Time frame: enrollment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months

Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) Activities of Daily Living subscale and Sports Subscale questionnaire

Minimum calculated score for each subscale is 0% and highest score is 100% with the higher score meaning better function.

Time frame: enrollment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months

Central Contacts

Emily O Cidambi, MD

CONTACT

858-576-1700 ecidambi@rchsd.org

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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