Effectiveness of the Minder Mobile Mental Health and Substance Use Intervention for University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

University attendance represents a transition period for students that often coincides with the emergence of mental health and substance use challenges. Digital interventions have been identified as a promising means of supporting students due to their scalability, adaptability, and acceptability. Minder is a mental health and substance use mobile app that was codeveloped with university students.

Objective

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Minder mobile app in improving mental health and substance use outcomes in a general population of university students.

Methods

A 2-arm, parallel-assignment, single-blinded, 30-day randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate Minder using intention-to-treat analysis. In total, 1489 participants were

SUBMITTER: Vereschagin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007604 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature