Upper secondary school students' compliance with two Internet-based self-help programmes: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Psychiatric symptoms and stress are on the increase among Swedish adolescents. We aimed to study the potential effect and feasibility of two Internet-based self-help programmes, one mindfulness based (iMBI) and the other music based in a randomised controlled trial that targeted adolescents. A total of 283 upper secondary school students in two Swedish schools were randomised to either a waiting list or one of the two programmes, on their own incentive, on schooltime. General psychiatric health (Symptoms Checklist 90), sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), and perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale) were assessed before and after the interventions. In total, 202 participants answered the questionnaires. Less than 20 logged into each intervention and only 1 performed a full inte

SUBMITTER: Antonson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5842245 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature