Mental Well-beingNCT03332823
SME Ambassadors Pilot Project Research Study
A study testing SME Ambassadors training & program in people with Mental Well-being and Happiness, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
Trial summary
Aims: To enhance mental well-being of adults by creating a positive, happy and joyful environment in the community. Targets: Adults aged 18-59 in Hong Kong. Methods: SME Ambassadors Pilot Project will adopt the public health and family-focused approach, under the brand name of "Joyful@HK Campaign". Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Mental Well-being, Happiness
- What is being tested?
- SME Ambassadors training & program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 69 participants
- Where
- 1 siteHong Kong
- Study dates
- 20 Sep 2017to 30 Nov 2018
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 1) SME Ambassadors (major subjects):
- Adults who aged 18-59
- Chinese speaking
- Able to complete study questionnaires/ focus groups (2) Service recipients (which may include children/adolescents)
- Chinese speaking
- Able to complete study questionnaires/ focus groups (3) Community partners
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- Service provider and participating NGO service units
- Chinese speaking
- Able to complete study questionnaires/ individual in-depth interviews
Who cannot join
- Those who cannot read Chinese
- Those who suffered from severe mental illness
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults: SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) Ambassadors Pilot Project
Aims: To enhance mental well-being of adults by creating a positive, happy and joyful environment in the community.
Targets: Adults aged 18-59 in Hong Kong.
Read more
Methods: SME Ambassadors Pilot Project will adopt the public health and family-focused approach, under the brand name of "Joyful@HK Campaign". Evidence-based and Evidence Generating approach with vigorous study design, both qualitative (e.g. focus groups) and quantitative (e.g. pre- and post- test), will be used to evaluate the overall programme effectiveness including follow-up of at least one month ("best science"). To ensure the practicability and sustainability of the community-based engagement project, we will engage community partners with strong track records of "best practice" to design, plan, and implement the intervention. This project will use innovative and integrated positive psychology and public health theories and methods to plan brief, simple, and cost-effective intervention.
Significance: By using "best science" in the design and evaluation of intervention programme, and the "best practice" of the partners' skills, experience and strong connection with service targets in the community, the intervention, if proven to be effective, for promoting sharing, mind and enjoyment and enhancing mental well-being can be further developed and widely disseminated to and adopted by the practitioners in the health and social service sectors for replication and improvement to benefit the whole population.
Read the detailed description
SME Ambassadors Pilot Project is one of the six Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at enhancing mental well-being of adolescents, adults and their families by creating a positive, happy and joyful environment in the community. The Project is funded by Health Care and Promotion Fund of Food and Health Bureau.
SME Ambassadors Pilot Project is organized by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and led by School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong(HKU). The project will organize two train-the-ambassador workshops to train 60-80 SME ambassadors on positive thinking and understanding of adult mental health problem (in particular the mixed anxiety and depressive disorder) and mental well-being.
The trained SME ambassadors will provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being messages to vulnerable groups, such as ex-mental illness people, new arrivals, etc.
The major subjects of the SME Ambassadors Pilot Project are 60-80 SME ambassadors who aged 18-59. 10-12 service providers from NGO service units (community partners) and 100-120 voluntary service recipients will also be involved in the study. Pre- and post-test evaluation will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention programme.
In the study, SME Ambassadors will be invited to complete questionnaires to measure their sharing, mind and enjoyment related behavioural indicators and invited to attend the focus group interviews to understand their experience during the programme; while community partners will be invited to attend individual interviews to collect their feedback and components on improving future community-based mental wellness programme.
Evaluation will be conducted during the programme implementation stage. The effectiveness of the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention will also be evaluated.
- Conditions
- Mental Well-being, Happiness
- Being tested
- SME Ambassadors training & program
- Keywords
- Mental health, Mental well-being, Community-based engagement, Positive psychology, Public health approach
- Medical subject headings
- Psychological Well-Being
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
SME Ambassadors training & programBehavioural
- Two train-the-ambassador workshops: to train the ambassadors on positive thinking and understanding of adult mental health problem (in particular the mixed anxiety and depressive disorder) and mental well-being.
- The trained SME ambassadors will provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being messages to vulnerable groups, such as ex-mental illness people, new arrivals, etc.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| SME Ambassadors training & program | Experimental | - SME Ambassadors will participate in train-the-ambassador workshops and provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being activities to vulnerable groups. Receives: Behavioral: SME Ambassadors training & program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Changes in participants' frequency of performing the suggested Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) related behaviours
The frequency of performing the SME (Sharing: share happy experience with others, help others, express care to others; Mind: recall the good memory, be grateful for what you already have, keep positive; Enjoyment: enjoy physical activity) related behaviours in the past 7 days will be assessed. The questions are rated 0-7 with 0 indicating none of this behavior happened in the past 7 days and 7 indicating this behavior happened every day in the past 7 days.
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Secondary outcomes (11)
Changes in personal happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline
Personal happiness will be assessed by Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS). SHS was rated on 7-point scale with 1 indicating no happiness at all and 7 indicating extreme happiness. To score the scale, the 4th item will be coded reversely and mean of the 4 items will be computed.
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in mental well-being from baseline to three-month after baseline
Mental well-being will be assessed by validated Chinese version of 7-item Warwick Edinburgh Well-being Scale. Each item ranges from 1 to 5 and the scale will be scored by first summing the score for each of the 7 items and then transforming the total score for each person according to a conversion table.
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in family relationship from baseline to three-month after baseline
Self-perceived understanding, intimacy, and family communication will be assessed by three questions (rated 0-10).
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in individual and family health from baseline to three-month after baseline
Self-perceived health, at the individual and family level will be assessed by two questions respectively (rated 0-10).
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in family happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline
Self-perceived happiness, at the individual and family level will be assessed by two questions respectively (rated 0-10).
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in family harmony from baseline to three-month after baseline
Self-perceived family harmony will be assessed by a single question (rated 0-10).
Measured: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in knowledge and perception of mixed anxiety and depressive disorders
Knowledge and perception of mixed anxiety and depressive disorders will be assessed by 4 questions (2 questions about understanding of symptoms, 1 about the intention of help seeking, 1 about support seeking from families) rated 0-10.
Measured: T1: baseline; T2: immediate post intervention; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Satisfaction towards SME Ambassador Pilot Project
Satisfaction towards programme will be assessed by conducting focus group and program evaluation measures (general satisfaction, self-perceived helpfulness and likely-to-recommend level) rated 0-10.
Measured: T2: immediate post intervention; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
The social impact of the community-based engagement project
The social impact of the community-based engagement project will be evaluated by conducting community stakeholders' in-depth interviews.
Measured: Up to four months
The process of community based intervention programme
Assessed by a Process Evaluation on-site observation form, and a series of checklists including Resources input record sheet, Participants' attendance form, Programme rundown, Attendance record form, and NGOs' final report. The components of process evaluation, including context, reach, dose delivered, dose received, fidelity and recruitment will be assessed.
Measured: Up to four months
Outcomes of community engagement process
Outcomes of community engagement process will be assessed by a self-designed questionnaire survey.
Measured: Up to four months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Nov 2017
- Study start20 Sep 2017
- Primary completion30 Jun 2018
- Study completion30 Nov 2018
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Mental Well-beingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by The University of Hong KongThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 69 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Dr. Wang Man-Ping, The University of Hong Kong
- Investigators
- Man Ping Wang, Principal investigator, The University of Hong Kong
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03332823
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- SPH-MHP-HKCSS02
- Status last verified
- Jan 2019
- First submitted
- 29 Oct 2017
- Last updated
- 23 Jan 2019
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Jan 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults: SME (Sharing, Mind, Enjoyment) Ambassadors Pilot Project
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03332823
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SPH-MHP-HKCSS02
- Conditions
- Mental Well-being, Happiness
- Keywords
- Mental health, Mental well-being, Community-based engagement, Positive psychology, Public health approach
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 69 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong KongUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
- Study start
- 20 Sep 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jun 2018 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Nov 2018 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Nov 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Aims: To enhance mental well-being of adults by creating a positive, happy and joyful environment in the community.
Targets: Adults aged 18-59 in Hong Kong.
Methods: SME Ambassadors Pilot Project will adopt the public health and family-focused approach, under the brand name of "Joyful@HK Campaign". Evidence-based and Evidence Generating approach with vigorous study design, both qualitative (e.g. focus groups) and quantitative (e.g. pre- and post- test), will be used to evaluate the overall programme effectiveness including follow-up of at least one month ("best science"). To ensure the practicability and sustainability of the community-based engagement project, we will engage community partners with strong track records of "best practice" to design, plan, and implement the intervention. This project will use innovative and integrated positive psychology and public health theories and methods to plan brief, simple, and cost-effective intervention.
Significance: By using "best science" in the design and evaluation of intervention programme, and the "best practice" of the partners' skills, experience and strong connection with service targets in the community, the intervention, if proven to be effective, for promoting sharing, mind and enjoyment and enhancing mental well-being can be further developed and widely disseminated to and adopted by the practitioners in the health and social service sectors for replication and improvement to benefit the whole population.
Detailed description
SME Ambassadors Pilot Project is one of the six Community-based Mental Wellness Project for Adolescents and Adults, which aims at enhancing mental well-being of adolescents, adults and their families by creating a positive, happy and joyful environment in the community. The Project is funded by Health Care and Promotion Fund of Food and Health Bureau.
SME Ambassadors Pilot Project is organized by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and led by School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong(HKU). The project will organize two train-the-ambassador workshops to train 60-80 SME ambassadors on positive thinking and understanding of adult mental health problem (in particular the mixed anxiety and depressive disorder) and mental well-being.
The trained SME ambassadors will provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being messages to vulnerable groups, such as ex-mental illness people, new arrivals, etc.
The major subjects of the SME Ambassadors Pilot Project are 60-80 SME ambassadors who aged 18-59. 10-12 service providers from NGO service units (community partners) and 100-120 voluntary service recipients will also be involved in the study. Pre- and post-test evaluation will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention programme.
In the study, SME Ambassadors will be invited to complete questionnaires to measure their sharing, mind and enjoyment related behavioural indicators and invited to attend the focus group interviews to understand their experience during the programme; while community partners will be invited to attend individual interviews to collect their feedback and components on improving future community-based mental wellness programme.
Evaluation will be conducted during the programme implementation stage. The effectiveness of the intervention, as well as the level of participation and ratings for the intervention will also be evaluated.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| SME Ambassadors training & program | Experimental | Behavioral: SME Ambassadors training & program- SME Ambassadors will participate in train-the-ambassador workshops and provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being activities to vulnerable groups. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (9 listed)
- Adults who aged 18-59
- Chinese speaking
- Able to complete study questionnaires/ focus groups (2) Service recipients (which may include children/adolescents)
- Chinese speaking
- Able to complete study questionnaires/ focus groups (3) Community partners
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Those who cannot read Chinese
- Those who suffered from severe mental illness
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| SME Ambassadors training & program* Two train-the-ambassador workshops: to train the ambassadors on positive thinking and understanding of adult mental health problem (in particular the mixed anxiety and depressive disorder) and mental well-being. * The trained SME ambassadors will provide voluntary services and promote mental well-being messages to vulnerable groups, such as ex-mental illness people, new arrivals, etc. | Behavioural | SME Ambassadors training & program |
Primary outcome
Changes in participants' frequency of performing the suggested Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) related behaviours
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
The frequency of performing the SME (Sharing: share happy experience with others, help others, express care to others; Mind: recall the good memory, be grateful for what you already have, keep positive; Enjoyment: enjoy physical activity) related behaviours in the past 7 days will be assessed. The questions are rated 0-7 with 0 indicating none of this behavior happened in the past 7 days and 7 indicating this behavior happened every day in the past 7 days.
11 secondary outcomes
Changes in personal happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in mental well-being from baseline to three-month after baseline
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in family relationship from baseline to three-month after baseline
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in individual and family health from baseline to three-month after baseline
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in family happiness from baseline to three-month after baseline
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in family harmony from baseline to three-month after baseline
Time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Changes in knowledge and perception of mixed anxiety and depressive disorders
Time frame: T1: baseline; T2: immediate post intervention; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
Satisfaction towards SME Ambassador Pilot Project
Time frame: T2: immediate post intervention; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline
The social impact of the community-based engagement project
Time frame: Up to four months
The process of community based intervention programme
Time frame: Up to four months
Outcomes of community engagement process
Time frame: Up to four months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Jan 2019.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Man Ping Wang principal investigator
The University of Hong Kong
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing SME Ambassadors training & program in people with Mental Well-being and Happiness, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jan 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Changes in participants' frequency of performing the suggested Sharing, Mind and Enjoyment (SME) related behaviours (time frame: T1: baseline; T3: one-month follow-up after baseline; T4: three-month follow up after baseline). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Jan 2019.