RecruitingNot Applicable

Mental Health Help-seeking Promotion in Older Adults

Hong Kong540 participantsStarted 2024-12-01

Plain-language summary

The present study aims to examine the effectiveness of descriptive social norm nudges and pictorial social norm nudges in improving mental health help-seeking intention compared to educational information.

Who can participate

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * aged 60 years or above at the time of the baseline assessment * have no severe mental disorder or cognitive impairment * have no severe visual impairment * be able to read Chinese * have a smartphone with an instant communication application to receive text and images Exclusion Criteria: * have severe difficulty in reading and communication * show imminent suicidal risk at any stage of the study

What they're measuring

Subjective norms toward mental health help-seeking

Timeframe: Baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1, two weeks after T0), and to 12 weeks after the baseline (T2)

Mental health help-seeking intention

Timeframe: Baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1, two weeks after T0), and to 12 weeks after the baseline (T2)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06707935

SponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-06-30

Contact for this trial

Tianyin Liu, PhD

2766 tianliu@polyu.edu.hk

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