NCT05925062

Effect of a Mental Wellness App on the Mental Wellness of Medical and Nurse Anesthesia Students

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Mental health issues and suicide are becoming increasingly common among health care trainees and providers. Suicide is the leading cause of death among male medical residents and the second leading cause of death among female residents.

Detailed description

Training programs are usually very rigorous, caring for patients is stressful, and those who care for others often feel that they can't or shouldn't admit that they need care themselves. Unfortunately, there is often a stigma associated with mental illness, and trainees may feel that admitting that they struggle could damage their careers. The need exists for easily accessible, immediate, crisis support for medical trainees who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Although the effectiveness of mental health apps has been evaluated in college students, there is very little data assessing their use in medical and nurse anesthesia students. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a mental wellness app on the mental wellness of medical and nurse anesthesia students.

Conditions

• Mental Health Issue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	QActual	QActual is a phone-based app that offers peer-to-peer support, tracks mental wellness self-assessments, and provides support to users who are in crisis.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-01
• Primary completion: 2024-08-01
• Completion: 2024-08-01
• First posted: 2023-06-29
• Last updated: 2024-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States