RCT: the Effectiveness of LifeHack in Improving Mental Wellbeing in University Students.

Summary

Psychological issues are common among university students and affect mental wellbeing. The Caring Universities (CU) project, involving nine Dutch universities, aims to enhance students' mental health through an annual online questionnaire and a platform offering guided eHealth interventions. One intervention, LifeHack, utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy-based modules to improve mental wellbeing by enhancing resilience and life skills. The effects of LifeHack with pre-post measurements (total n = 216 at post-test) found found that LifeHack led to improvements in mental wellbeing, but dropout rates were influenced by lack of motivation and module relevance. A personalized version of LifeHack is being developed to address these issues and will be evaluated in an RCT to assess its effectiveness in improving mental wellbeing and related outcomes among university students.

Conditions

• Internet-based Intervention
• Waiting List Control Group
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Quality of Life
• Mental Wellbeing
• Resilience

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LifeHack

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Maastricht University

  collaborator OTHER

• VU University of Amsterdam

  collaborator OTHER

• Utrecht University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Amsterdam

  collaborator OTHER

• Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Erasmus University Rotterdam

  collaborator OTHER

• Avans University of applied sciences

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• InHolland University of Applied Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Universiteit Leiden

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sanne van Luenen, PhD · Leiden University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

99 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-11-01

Primary Completion

2025-07-31

Completion

2025-07-31

Countries

• Netherlands

Study Locations