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Promoting mental health and wellbeing among post-secondary students with the JoyPop™ app: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Angela MacIsaac, Vamika Mann, Elaine Toombs, Fred Schmidt, Janine V Olthuis, Sherry H Stewart, Amanda Newton, Arto Ohinmaa, Aislin R Mushquash

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Article in Trials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06154369 (Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Post-secondary Students With the Joypop App), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Post-secondary Students With the Joypop App: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorLakehead UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled160ConditionsEmotion Regulation, Depression, Anxiety, StressArmsJoyPop
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9 authors.

Angela MacIsaacDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Vamika MannDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Elaine ToombsDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Fred SchmidtDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Janine V OlthuisDepartment of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
Sherry H StewartDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Amanda NewtonDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Arto OhinmaaSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Aislin R MushquashDepartment of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. aislin.mushquash@lakeheadu.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-1326

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTechnology use may be one strategy to promote mental health and wellbeing among young adults in post-secondary education settings experiencing increasing distress and mental health difficulties. The JoyPop™ app is mobile mental health tool with a growing evidence base. The objectives of this research are to (1) evaluate the effectiveness of the JoyPop™ app in improving emotion regulation skills (primary outcome), as well as mental health, wellbeing, and resilience (secondary outcomes); (2) evaluate sustained app use once users are no longer reminded and determine whether sustained use is associated with maintained improvements in primary and secondary outcomes; (3) determine whether those in the intervention condition have lower mental health service usage and associated costs compared to those in the control condition; and (4) assess users' perspectives on the quality of the JoyPop™ app.

methodsA pragmatic, parallel arm randomized controlled trial will be used. Participants will be randomly allocated using stratified block randomization in a 1:1 ratio to the intervention (JoyPop™) or control (no intervention) condition. Participants allocated to the intervention condition will be asked to use the JoyPop™ app at least twice daily for 4 weeks. Participants will complete outcome measures at four assessment time-points (first [baseline], second [after 2 weeks], third [after 4 weeks], fourth [after 8 weeks; follow-up]). Participants in the control condition will be offered access to the app after the fourth assessment time-point. DISCUSSION: Results will determine the effectiveness of the JoyPop™ app for promoting mental health and wellbeing among post-secondary students. If effective, this may encourage more widespread adoption of the JoyPop™ app by post-secondary institutions as part of their response to student mental health needs.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT06154369 . Registered on November 23, 2023.

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Mental HealthMobile ApplicationsAdolescentEmotional RegulationFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleMental Health ServicesPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicResilience, PsychologicalStudentsTime FactorsYoung AdulteHealthEmotion regulationMental healthMental health promotionmHealthPost-secondaryStudents

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PMID39223596
PMCPMC11367905

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