Impact and Feasibility of Information Technology to Support Adolescent Well-Being and Mental Health at School: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Impact and Feasibility of Information Technology to Support Adolescent Well-Being and Mental Health at School: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
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DOI：
10.2147/jmdh.s311788
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Välimäki M
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作者：
Anttila M;Lantta T;Ylitalo M;Kurki M;Kuuskorpi M;Välimäki M
青春期出现的与健康有关的行为可能对一个人的健康产生重要的影响，有时是终身的影响。未成年人的精神和神经发育诊断有所增加，相关的抑郁症状可能对生活质量产生负面影响。信息技术在青少年心理健康领域有很大的潜力，学校可以作为这样做的环境。我们测试了基于IT的程序“DepisNet”是否可以作为一个普遍的基于学校的程序，以支持青少年的福祉和心理健康。我们使用了准实验，前后设计，有两个优先武器（干预组和对照组）。研究环境包括芬兰一个城市的两所初中（N=151名青少年）。为了分析该计划的影响，我们使用T检验和Mann-Whitney U检验比较了两组之间结果指标的变化。我们使用T检验和Wilcoxon检验分析组内的变化。我们的分析显示，两组在任何结果（抑郁、生活质量、自尊、自我效能）上都没有统计学显著差异。关于青少年的生活质量，与对照组相比，干预组观察到的变化更为积极（平均变化1.36 vs-0.49），尽管没有达到统计学意义（p=0.10）。我们的研究结果表明，令人鼓舞的结果有关的可行性组成部分：坚持和接受。与青少年福祉和心理健康有关的普遍干预措施和方案可纳入学校课程，以促进对青少年总体福祉和心理健康问题的认识。
Health-related behaviors that arise during adolescence can have important, sometimes lifelong, implications on a person’s health. Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diagnoses among minors have increased, and the related depressive symptoms may negatively affect quality of life. There is great potential for information technology (IT) to benefit the area of mental health for adolescents, and schools can serve as a setting in which this can be done. We tested whether the IT-based program “DepisNet” could be used as a universal school-based program to support adolescents’ well-being and mental health. We used a quasi-experimental, pre-post design with two preference arms (intervention and control groups). The study setting comprised two lower secondary schools (N=151 adolescents) in one city in Finland. To analyze the impact of the program, we compared the changes in the outcome measures between the two groups using T-tests and Mann–Whitney U-tests. We analyzed the changes within the groups using T-tests and Wilcoxon tests. Our analysis revealed no statistically significant differences between the groups in any of the outcomes (depression, quality of life, self-esteem, self-efficacy). Regarding adolescents’ quality of life, the observed change was more positive in the intervention group, compared to that of the control group (change mean 1.36 vs −0.49), although statistical significance was not achieved (p=0.10). Our results indicated encouraging results related to the feasibility components: adherence and acceptance. Universal interventions and programs that relate to adolescent well-being and mental health can be integrated into school curricula to promote the awareness of adolescents’ general well-being and mental health issues.
影响因子：
1.7
作者：
Välimäki M;Kurki M;Hätönen H;Koivunen M;Selander M;Saarijärvi S;Anttila M
通讯作者：
Anttila M