Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Summary

This study's purpose is to identify factors that may aid in answering the clinical question: Among adolescents 12-17 years old who are diagnosed with a mental health condition(s), does a family-based educational intervention improve healthy lifestyle knowledge and behaviors, including nutrition, PA, screen time, and sleep? The specific aims are to: Aim 1: To educate adolescents with mental health conditions and their family members about ways to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors. Aim 2: To evaluate an increase in knowledge on healthy lifestyle behaviors after a 45-minute online education session. Aim 3: To evaluate an increase in healthy lifestyle behaviors after the intervention.

This project utilizes a one-group pretest-posttest design study for 30 adolescents (aged 12-17 years) diagnosed with a mental health condition(s) and their parent/legal guardian. This project will implement best practices to promote healthy lifestyle knowledge and behaviors to adolescents and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s). This will be a 45-minute educational presentation delivered via Zoom. Participants will have option to select between 2-3 dates and times for educational presentation. The investigators will compare the effects of an educational program on healthy lifestyle knowledge and behaviors pre-and post-program (after one month) via a REDCap survey for the adolescent and their parent/legal guardian. The survey will utilize an adapted version of the 2021 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the 2020 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH-T3). The analysis of this project will compare changes in healthy lifestyle knowledge and behaviors using a paired t-test. The educational presentation will be recorded and emailed to participants within 1 week of intervention to re-watch/review.

Conditions

• Behavioral / Psychiatric Disorder
• Lifestyle, Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Zoom Intervention

This educational program will be delivered via a 45-minute presentation via Zoom. * The educational presentation will be recorded and emailed to participants within 1 week of intervention to re-watch/review. * The educational program will promote a healthy lifestyle knowledge and behaviors through education evidenced by the CDC, WHO, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Educational sessions will include the importance of healthy lifestyle modifications in the adolescent population with a mental health condition(s), lifestyle recommendations versus reality, nutrition, physical activity, screen time, and sleep recommendations and guidelines. * We will compare the effects of an educational program on healthy lifestyle knowledge and behaviors pre-and post-program (after one month) via a REDCap survey for the adolescent and their parent/legal guardian.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Florida State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mary Livings · Florida State University

• Rachel L Sharp, BSN · Florida State University

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-07

Primary Completion

2023-01-13

Completion

2023-01-13

Countries

• United States

Study Locations