NCT05626374: TeachMeToBuild

Comparing the Effect of Adding a Remote Self-reporting Tool for Distress and Fit-for-purpose Mental Health & Addictions Service to Usual Case Management on Dropout Rates in a Vocational Training Program

ENROLLING BY INVITATION NA Last updated 20 November 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Basic Case Management in Mental Health Issue in 400 participants. Enrolling by invitation.

Timeline

15 January 2023

Primary endpoint
15 January 2026

15 January 2027

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada
Phase	NA
Status	ENROLLING BY INVITATION
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	factorial
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	400
Start date	15 January 2023
Primary completion	15 January 2026
Estimated completion	15 January 2027
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• Basic Case Management
• Basic Case Management plus Distress Tool
• Basic Case Management plus rapid mental health & addictions healthcare access
• Basic Case Management plus Distress Tool and rapid mental health & addictions healthcare access

Conditions studied

• Mental Health Issue — all drugs for Mental Health Issue →
• Substance Use Disorders — all drugs for Substance Use Disorders →
• Distress, Emotional — all drugs for Distress, Emotional →

Sponsor

Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada

Who can join

Adults 18 to 49, any sex, with Mental Health Issue or Substance Use Disorders. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Youth unemployment is a chronic problem in most societies. Some young adults are neither in employment, education or training (NEET), and are at high risk of chronic unemployment, social disengagement and poor quality of life. Identifying this high risk population and providing them with career skills training and opportunities is critical for their full participation in society. Vocational training programs provide an opportunity for these NEET youth to develop a skilled trade. Barriers to successful completion of these programs include high prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders among NEET youth. This study will use a daily self-report distress tool to identify vocational program trainees at risk of absence or drop-out due to mental health and/or substance abuse issues. These at-risk trainees will then be referred to a mental health crisis program through a fit-for-purpose referral process to accommodate their training program requirements. It is hypothesized that early identification and referral for mental health and substance abuse issues will reduce both program absence and drop-out rates and result in improved in long-term employment for these NEET youth.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Protocol for a cluster randomized study to compare the effectiveness of a self-report distress tool and a mental health referral service to usual case management on program completion among vulnerable youth enrolled in a vocational training program.
   Bailey S, Stoner C, Cruise K, DiDiodato G. · · 2024 · PMID 39088460 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0294806