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

Shawna Bailey, Carrie Stoner, Kelly Cruise and Giulio DiDiodato

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: Objectives: 1) To compare the effect of the self-report distress tool (DT) and rapid mental health referral process (MH) on vocational training program attendance. Design: Pragmatic, multi-centre, 2x2 factorial, cluster randomized, superiority study with 4 parallel groups and primary endpoints of vocational program attendance and completion at 12 weeks and post-program employment at 24 months. Cluster randomization of each training cohort will be performed with a 1:1:1:1 allocation ratio using a site stratified, permuted-block group schema. Final sample size is expected to be 400 participants (100 per group). Participants: Students enrolled in Community Builder’s Trades & Diversity Training Program in either the city of Barrie or Sudbury (in Ontario, Canada) will be eligible for enrollment if they have an active Ontario Health Insurance Plan number and Canadian Social Insurance Number and provide written informed consent prior to Training program commencement. Outcomes: The primary outcome includes: Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05626374 (November 23, 2022).

Date: 2024
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