NCT05428046

Preventing Eating Disorders by Improving Mental Health Literacy in Chinese Adolescents

Preventing Eating Disorders by Improving Mental Health Literacy in Chinese Adolescents: A Non-randomized Cluster Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,395 (actual)
• Sponsor: Peking University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Mental health literacy (MHL) is necessary for the prevention, detection, and treatment of eating disorders, whereas the MHL about eating disorders is inadequate in China. Thus, the current study aimed to improve the MHL for eating disorders among Chinese adolescents via a brief online intervention.

Conditions

• Eating Disorders
• Mental Health Literacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	MHL intervention	The current MHL intervention is a brief online intervention and comprises two modules. The first module is a short video introducing a teenage girl with bulimia nervosa. The second module is an online lecture comprising information about eating disorders including the prevalence, symptoms, type, cause, treatment, a related symptom checker, and sources of help. The above two modules are implemented in a single session lasting approximately 2 hours.
BEHAVIORAL	Waiting list	Participants assigned to the waiting list group will not receive any intervention until the end of the 12 weeks follow-up. They received the same intervention as the MHL intervention group after the 12 weeks follow-up test.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-18
• Primary completion: 2022-06-05
• Completion: 2022-06-05
• First posted: 2022-06-22
• Last updated: 2022-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China