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Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST trial), a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of the DISCOVER workshop for 16-18-year-olds: recruitment and baseline characteristics.

Kirsty James, Stephen Lisk, Chloe Payne-Cook, Zamena Farishta, Maria Farrelly, Ayesha Sheikh, Monika Slusarczyk, Sarah Byford, Crispin Day, Jessica Deighton and 10 more

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Kirsty JamesKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Stephen LiskKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Chloe Payne-CookUniversity of Bath, Bath, UK.
Zamena FarishtaUniversity of Northampton, Northampton, UK.
Maria FarrellyKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Ayesha SheikhAnna Freud Centre for Children and Families, London, UK.
Monika SlusarczykKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Sarah ByfordKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Crispin DayKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Jessica DeightonAnna Freud Centre for Children and Families, London, UK.
Claire EvansAnna Freud Centre for Children and Families, London, UK.
Peter FonagyAnna Freud Centre for Children and Families, London, UK.
David SaundersUniversity of Northampton, Northampton, UK.
Irene SclareSouthwark CAMHS Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
James ShearerKing's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Paul StallardUniversity of Bath, Bath, UK.
Timothy WeaverMiddlesex University, London, UK.
Jynna YarrumUniversity of Northampton, Northampton, UK.
Ben Carter *King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK. ben.carter@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-8865
June S L Brown *King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.

Funding

Health Technology Assessment international NIHR127951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST) is an England-wide school-based cluster randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of an open-access psychological workshop programme (DISCOVER) for 16-18-year-olds. This baseline paper describes the self-referral and other recruitment processes used in this study and the baseline characteristics of the enrolled schools and participants.

methodWe enrolled 900 participants from 57 Secondary schools across England from 4th October 2021 to 10th November 2022. Schools were randomised to receive either the DISCOVER day-long Stress workshop or treatment as usual which included signposting information. Participants will be followed up for 6 months with outcome data collection at baseline, 3-month, and 6-month post randomisation.

resultsSchools were recruited from a geographically and ethnically diverse sample across England. To reduce stigma, students were invited to self-refer into the study if they wanted help for stress. Their mean age was 17.2 (SD = 0.6), 641 (71%) were female and 411 (45.6%) were from ethnic minority groups. The general wellbeing of our sample measured using the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) found 314 (35%) of students exhibited symptoms of depression at baseline. Eighty percent of students reported low wellbeing on the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) suggesting that although the overall sample mean is below the cut-off for depression, the self-referral approach used in this study supports distressed students in coming forward.

conclusionThe BESST study will continue to follow up participants to collect outcome data and results will be analysed once all the data have been collected.

trial registrationISRCTN registry ISRCTN90912799. Registered on 28 May 2020.

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Stress, PsychologicalAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorCost-Benefit AnalysisEnglandFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthPatient SelectionSchool Health ServicesSchoolsStudentsTime FactorsAdolescentsBaselineMental healthOpen accessRecruitmentSchool based

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PMCPMC11069277

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