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Title: Impact of Mental Health Literacy on Improving Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Barcelona
Authors: Amado Rodri­guez, Isaac Daniel, Casañas, Rocio, Juan Parra, Jaume, Roldan-Merino, Juan, LALUCAT-JO, LLUIS, Fernandez-San-Martin, Maria Isabel
Contributors: Amado-Rodríguez ID Programa de Doctorat en Metodologia de la Recerca Biomèdica i Salut Pública, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona(UAB), Bellaterra, Spain. Casañas R Departament d’Infermeria, Universitat de Girona (UdG), Girona, Spain. Juan-Parra J Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Barcelona Ciutat, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol(IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain. Roldan-Merino JF Sant Joan de Déu Campus Docent, Fundació Privada per a la Recerca i Docència Sant Joan de Déu, Escola Universitària d’Infermeria, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Lalucat-Jo L Sant Joan de Déu Campus Docent, Fundació Privada per a la Recerca i Docència Sant Joan de Déu, Escola Universitària d’Infermeria, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Fernandez-San-Martín MI Unitat Docent Multiprofessional Atenció Primària Barcelona, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain, IDIAP Jordi Gol
Source: Scientia
Publisher Information: MDPI
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: Salut mental, Adolescents - Psicologia, PUBLIC HEALTH::Health Care (Public Health)::Health of Specific Groups::Mental Health, NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Age Groups::Adolescent, Barcelona, SALUD PÚBLICA::atención a la salud (salud pública)::salud de grupos específicos::salud mental, DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::Grupos de Edad::adolescente
Description: Mental health literacy; Adolescents; Health education; School-based intervention ; Alfabetització en salut mental; Adolescents; Educació per a la salut; Intervenció escolar ; Alfabetización en salud mental; Adolescentes; Educación para la salud ; We aim to assess the effect of the Espaijove.net mental health literacy program on adolescents' quality of life (QOL). Additionally, we aim to describe their QOL and mental well-being. Methods: A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial was conducted, with pre- and post-intervention assessments and 6- and 12-month follow-ups. A total of 1032 students aged 13-14 from 18 schools in Barcelona participated in one of the three following mental health literacy (MHL) programs or were placed in a control group (CG): (1) a 1 h awareness session (G1h); (2) a 6 h MHL program (G6h); (3) a 7 h MHL program with stigma reduction (G7h). Measures: (1) Mental well-being: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); (2) QOL: EuroQol 5D-5L with its two parts: the EuroQol 5D-5L Index (0-1) and EuroQol 5D-5L visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) (0-100). Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis, using data imputation methods for missing data. Intervention effects were assessed using multilevel models. Results: Baseline EQ-VAS and EQ-5D-5L index scores were 77.84 (CI = 76.77-78.91) and 0.91 (CI = 0.90-0.92), respectively. Boys reported higher QOL and SDQ scores (p < 0.001), whereas participants of foreign nationality showed lower scores in QOL (EQ-VAS; p = 0.039) and mental well-being (p < 0.001). Post-intervention, all groups (intervention and control), except G6h, showed QOL improvements. However, in the 6-month follow-up, the CG outperformed the other groups. At 12 months, G7h achieved the highest EQ-VAS scores compared to the other groups. Conclusions: MHL-based interventions improved short-term QOL but failed to sustain these improvements over time. Groups with lower QOL and SDQ scores included girls and adolescents of foreign nationality. ; This research was funded by the ...
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
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Language: English
ISSN: 40003337
Relation: Children (Basel, Switzerland);12(2); https://www.doi.org/10.3390/children12020235; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/PERIS2016-2020/SLT002/16/00202; https://hdl.handle.net/11351/13483
DOI: 10.3390/children12020235
Availability: https://hdl.handle.net/11351/13483
https://doi.org/10.3390/children12020235
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Accession Number: edsbas.C9BC0BD9
Database: BASE
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Abstract:Mental health literacy; Adolescents; Health education; School-based intervention ; Alfabetització en salut mental; Adolescents; Educació per a la salut; Intervenció escolar ; Alfabetización en salud mental; Adolescentes; Educación para la salud ; We aim to assess the effect of the Espaijove.net mental health literacy program on adolescents' quality of life (QOL). Additionally, we aim to describe their QOL and mental well-being. Methods: A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial was conducted, with pre- and post-intervention assessments and 6- and 12-month follow-ups. A total of 1032 students aged 13-14 from 18 schools in Barcelona participated in one of the three following mental health literacy (MHL) programs or were placed in a control group (CG): (1) a 1 h awareness session (G1h); (2) a 6 h MHL program (G6h); (3) a 7 h MHL program with stigma reduction (G7h). Measures: (1) Mental well-being: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); (2) QOL: EuroQol 5D-5L with its two parts: the EuroQol 5D-5L Index (0-1) and EuroQol 5D-5L visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) (0-100). Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis, using data imputation methods for missing data. Intervention effects were assessed using multilevel models. Results: Baseline EQ-VAS and EQ-5D-5L index scores were 77.84 (CI = 76.77-78.91) and 0.91 (CI = 0.90-0.92), respectively. Boys reported higher QOL and SDQ scores (p < 0.001), whereas participants of foreign nationality showed lower scores in QOL (EQ-VAS; p = 0.039) and mental well-being (p < 0.001). Post-intervention, all groups (intervention and control), except G6h, showed QOL improvements. However, in the 6-month follow-up, the CG outperformed the other groups. At 12 months, G7h achieved the highest EQ-VAS scores compared to the other groups. Conclusions: MHL-based interventions improved short-term QOL but failed to sustain these improvements over time. Groups with lower QOL and SDQ scores included girls and adolescents of foreign nationality. ; This research was funded by the ...
ISSN:40003337
DOI:10.3390/children12020235