Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of a Mobile Psychoeducation Program (OkeyMind) for Social Anxiety Symptoms Among Youths: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Social anxiety is increasingly prevalent among youths, leading to social withdrawal, isolation, and heightened depression risk. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions offer anonymity, accessibility, and personalized support, but their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness for young individuals with social anxiety remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a mobile-based psychoeducation program (OkeyMind) for mitigating social anxiety symptoms among youth. METHODS: Participants aged 15 years through 24 years with mild or more severe social phobia (Social Phobia Inventory [SPIN] ≥25) and access to WeChat will be recruited and screened onsite and then randomly assigned to the intervention or waiting list control group. The study will recruit 180 participants, with 90 in each group. The intervention group will receive a 1-month mobile psychoeducation program (OkeyMind), which includes both psychoeducation and meditation components, with all content fully automated. The waiting list control group will receive the same intervention after 3 months. The primary outcome is social anxiety symptoms measured using SPIN. Secondary outcomes include depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and health-related quality of life (EuroQol-5). Assessments will be conducted at baseline, postintervention, and a 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: Recruitment began in September 2024. The study was funded in April 2024, and the first participant was enrolled in September 2024; as of the end of March 2025, 132 participants had been recruited. Recruitment is ongoing. Data collection will conclude in July 2025, after which data analysis will begin and be completed in August 2025, with primary findings targeted for publication in spring 2026. CONCLUSIONS: This research evaluates the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of OkeyMind, a mobile-based psychoeducation program, for reducing social anxiety symptoms among youth. OkeyMind might be a promising strategy for combating social anxiety, especially in low- and middle-income countries with limited medical resources. If effective, this intervention could provide an accessible, cost-effective approach to managing social anxiety, particularly in resource-limited settings. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06490315; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06490315. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/64518.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.044 | 0.038 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.008 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.017 | 0.013 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.006 | 0.005 |
| Open science | 0.005 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.008 | 0.011 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.089 | 0.013 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".