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| Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute | OTHER |
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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Social Prescription (SP) intervention helps improve mental health and wellbeing in youth. It will also assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing SP in a community setting. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Researchers will compare the Social Prescription (SP) intervention to an education control group to evaluate its effectiveness in improving youth mental health and wellbeing.
Participants will:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social prescribing intervention | Experimental | Youth randomly assigned to the social prescribing intervention group will have access to a social prescribing activity during their 12 weeks of participation. |
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| Educational control | No Intervention | Youth randomly assigned to the educational control will not be provided a social prescribing intervention program, but they will be provided an educational booklet about the importance of connections. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Social Prescribing | Behavioral | A social prescribing intervention is a non-clinical approach to improving health and wellbeing by connecting individuals to community-based services and activities that address social, emotional, and practical needs. These may include arts programs, physical activity, peer support, volunteering, or nature-based activities. Facilitated by a link worker or navigator, social prescribing is tailored to the individual and aims to enhance mental health, reduce isolation, and support overall wellness beyond traditional medical care. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale | The Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) is a self-report questionnaire that measures symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18. | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks. |
| Perceived Stress Scale | The Perceived Stress Scale is a widely used to help understand how different situations affect our feelings and our perceived stress. | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks. |
| Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale | The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to enable the monitoring of mental wellbeing in the general population and the evaluation of projects, programmes and policies which aim to improve mental wellbeing. | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks |
| Social Connectedness Scale | The Social Connectedness Scale measures the extent to which individuals feel connected to others in their social environment. | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks |
| Student Resilience Survey | Student Resilience Survey measuring students' perceptions of their individual characteristics as well as protective factors embedded in the environment: | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Acceptability of Intervention Measure | The Acceptability of Intervention Measure evaluates how agreeable or satisfactory an intervention is perceived to be by participants or implementers. | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks |
| Intervention Appropriateness Measure |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Susan Bennett, PhD | Contact | (613) 608-6601 | nracine2@uottawa.ca | |
| Olivia MacLeod, PhD | Contact | omacleod@cheo.on.ca |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Nicole Racine, PhD | University of Ottawa | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Ottawa | Ottawa | Ontario | K1N 6N5 | Canada |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41074116 | Derived | Kempe S, Bennett S, MacLeod O, Mohamed N, Cloutier P, Muhl C, Hayes D, Mitsakakis N, Goldfield G, Racine N. Social prescriptions for advancing resilience in kids (SPARK): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychol. 2025 Oct 10;13(1):1126. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03465-7. |
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We will not be sharing individual participant data outside of our affiliations and institutions.
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The Intervention Appropriateness Measure assesses the perceived relevance or suitability of an intervention for a specific setting or population. |
| From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks |
| Feasibility of Intervention Measure | The Feasibility of Intervention Measure gauges how practical and possible it is to implement an intervention within a given setting. | From enrollment to end of treatment or control period at 12 weeks |