Dance Mental Health App

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-18
SponsorUniversity of California, San Diego

About this trial

This project aims to enhance self-compassion in adolescent dancers recovering from a foot and ankle injury by incorporating the use of a mental health intervention app using gamified design during their recovery.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Provision of informed consent (adult participant), or consent of parent/legal guardian in conjunction with adolescent assent (minor participant)

13 to 18 years of age

Endorses dance as their primary sport, or participates 3 days per week or greater in dance prior to injury

Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures including the intervention regimen and availability for the duration of the study

Disqualifiers

Dance is not a primary sport or less than 3 days per week spent dancing prior to injury (skater, gymnast, other sport)

Requiring surgery or prior surgery for the injury being treated

Injury outside of the leg below the knee

Known eating disorder or bone density issue (documented abnormal Z score and/or eating disorder diagnosis upon review of the medical chart)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Mental Health App

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, San Diego

Lead sponsor

Sanford Scholars Program Mentor Funding

Collaborator