Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: May 23, 2022
Date Accepted: Jan 31, 2023
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Design, develop, and pilot test a digital platform to enhance student well-being: Protocol for a mixed-methods study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Well-being is a multidimensional concept and has been extended to many areas. Student well-being has garnered attention over the last decade due to increased well-being issues. Digital health interventions have the potential to enhance and improve student well–being.
Objective:
The study aims to identify the multiple determinants impacting dimensions of well-being among undergraduate and graduate students. It further aims to design and develop an interactive digital intervention for various dimensions of well-being. The study will also evaluate the feasibility and acceptance of digital health intervention and their role to enhance the well-being of undergraduate and graduate students.
Methods:
5000 thousand participants will be recruited across Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, India. These participants will be enrolled from, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, Panimalar Medical College Hospital, and Research Institute, (PMCHRI), and Panimalar college of nursing Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Current undergraduate and graduate students agreeing to participate will be recruited using convenience sampling from these two institutes. The study will collect baseline data to construct the student well-being index. A random subset of the population will be provided access to the digital platform that will deliver tailored interactive messages addressing the various dimensions of well-being among undergraduate and graduate students. The eligible study participants will be of 18 years and older, enrolled in these institutes, and willing to give their consent to participate in the study. Subjects will be excluded if they are less than 18 years of age, and not willing to give consent.
Results:
The study will help to identify the factors affecting well-being among college students. The findings of this study will help to design, develop, implement and evaluate tailored internet-based, interactive, digital health interventions to enhance student well-being. The study will also evaluate the feasibility and acceptance of digital health intervention and help in understanding their role to enhance student well-being. All statistical analysis will be performed using SAS v9.3 and results will be reported as 95% CI and P-values.
Conclusions:
The proposed study will help to determine the factors affecting well-being among college students and also help in designing digital health interventions to improve the well-being of the undergraduate and graduate students
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