NCT05764785

Evaluating a Digital Peer Mentoring Platform With College Student Populations

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 12 October 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing MentorPRO in Well-Being, Psychological in 63 participants. Completed in 21 August 2023.

Timeline

22 June 2023

Primary endpoint
21 August 2023

21 August 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Academic Web Pages
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	63
Start date	22 June 2023
Primary completion	21 August 2023
Estimated completion	21 August 2023
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• MentorPRO

Conditions studied

• Well-Being, Psychological — all drugs for Well-Being, Psychological →
• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
• Depression — all drugs for Depression →
• Mentoring to Support the Transition to College — all drugs for Mentoring to Support the Transition to College →

Sponsor

Academic Web Pages

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Well-Being, Psychological or Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Self-reported Depression Symptoms Primary · 9 weeks after program start

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9): Depression symptoms over the last two weeks, minus item 9 (suicidal ideation) Scores range from 0 (no depression symptoms) to 24 (high/extreme depression symptoms).

Group	Value	95% CI
MentorPRO	8.21	± 4.97
Control	3.88	± 3.29

Self-reported Anxiety Symptoms Primary · 9 weeks after program start

General Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7): Anxiety symptoms over the last two weeks Scores range from 0 (no anxiety symptoms) to 21 (extreme/severe anxiety symptoms)

Group	Value	95% CI
MentorPRO	6.39	± 5.01
Control	3.19	± 3.89

Life Satisfaction Primary · 9 weeks after program start

Single item of current life satisfaction: In general, how satisfied are you with your life? Responses ranging from 1 (very satisfied) to 4 (very dissatisfied)

Group	Value	95% CI
MentorPRO	2.00	± .98
Control	1.96	± .94

Academic Self-efficacy Secondary · 9 weeks after program start

Single item of feelings of academic self-efficacy: I am confident that I will be a successful student at UMass Boston. Scores range from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) Greater scores reflect greater perceived academic self-efficacy

Group	Value	95% CI
MentorPRO	3.61	± 1.27
Control	4.41	± .69

Cognitive Load Secondary · 9 weeks after program start

Single item assessing cognitive load of finding resources on campus: It can be exhausting to find the information and resources I need to succeed. Scores range from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) Greater scores reflect greater perceived exhaustion when finding needed resources

Group	Value	95% CI
MentorPRO	2.87	± 1.22
Control	2.74	± 1.10

Sense of Belonging to the University Community Secondary · 9 weeks after program start

Single item assessing feelings of sense of belonging: I feel part of the UMass Boston community. Scores range from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) Greater scores reflect greater sense of belonging to the university community

Group	Value	95% CI
MentorPRO	3.57	± 1.24
Control	4.26	± .94

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of MentorPRO, a novel application that connects mentors and mentees, among incoming college first-year students in a public university. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* What is the acceptability and feasibility of the MentorPRO mentoring platform?
* Does mentoring with MentorPRO demonstrate an impact on academic outcomes (i.e., GPA) and indices of wellbeing (i.e., mental health, connectedness, academic self-efficacy, and overall wellbeing) among a diverse sample of incoming or first year college students?

Participants in the MentorPRO group will:

* Use MentorPRO with their assigned mentors to communicate for 9 weeks about transitioning to college and completing a brief summer course at the university
* Complete surveys about their opinions of MentorPRO

All participants (regardless of group assignment) will:

* Complete surveys about their mental health and overall wellbeing
* Work with a mentor throughout participation in a brief summer course at the university

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.