Universiti Putra Malaysia
Yousra Muhammad M. Sharif
It is a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial designed to assess the effectiveness of an online life skills education in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress and improving self-efficacy and coping skills among Arabic secondary school students at Arabic schools in Klang Valley in Malaysia.
Mental Disorder in Adolescence
Life Skills education program
Not Applicable
Children and adolescents' mental health is a global public health issue. Worldwide, it is estimated between 10% and 20% of children and adolescents suffer from mental health problems. Depression and anxiety are the most frequently encountered mental disorders which significantly impact children and adolescents. These disorders have been shown to increase the risk of adverse outcomes such as impairment, loss of productivity and community involvement, decreased educational performance, increased likelihood of engaging in risky behaviours, disability, and increased self-harm and suicide rates. Migrant children and adolescents are at increased risk of these mental disorders, mainly Arabic immigrants. Arab adolescents face additional challenges such as high illiteracy rates, inadequate health services and poor access to health facilities, especially mental health facilities. There is also a clear trend of the increasing burden of mental disorders in the Arabic countries from 1990 to 2015 compared to the global average. This study examines the effectiveness of an online life skills-based intervention in reducing depression, anxiety and stress and improving self-efficacy and coping skills among Arabic secondary school students in Klang Valley in Malaysia. The life skills intervention modules and activities will be developed based on the WHO and UNICEF guidelines for implementing life skills. This program will also undergo a process of consultations with a group of experts. The intervention group will receive education videos and discussion sessions that will target self-awareness, Empathy, Interpersonal relationship skills, Communication skills, Critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and coping with stress and emotion. The sessions will be carried out per week for 1 hour for eight consecutive weeks via the zoom platform. Before conducting the intervention, all the participants will receive a short reminder SMS for enrolling in the online session. The control group will receive the education program after finishing the study.}}
Study Type : | Interventional |
Estimated Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Masking : | Double |
Masking Description : | No one in the control groups will know what the experimental groups will be offered. The the statistician who will perform the primary analyses will be blinded to group allocation. |
Primary Purpose : | Treatment |
Official Title : | Effectiveness of an Online Life Skills-based Intervention on Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Arabic Adolescents in Klang Valley, Malaysia: Protocol for a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 1, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 1, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 1, 2023 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Life Skills intervention group The participants in the intervention group will receive eight sessions of the online life skills educational program via the zoom platform for eight weeks. Each session will last for 1-hour. All the participants will receive a short reminder SMS for enrolling in the online session. The assessment for all students will be done at baseline, immediate and 3-months post-intervention. |
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No Intervention: control group Participants in the control group will receive no intervention during the study period. However, they will receive the same educational activities after finishing study. They will answer the same questionnaires at baseline, immediately following the intervention, and three months later. |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 14 Years to 18 Years |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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Arabic schools in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia,