TY - JOUR AU - Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta AU - Goozée, Rhianna AU - Barley, Elizabeth A. AU - Haddad, Mark AU - Tzotzoli, Patapia PY - 2015 DA - 2015/10/08 TI - Online intervention, ‘MePlusMe’, supporting mood, wellbeing, study skills, and everyday functioning in students in higher education: a protocol for a feasibility study JO - Pilot and Feasibility Studies SP - 34 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - Psychological and study skill difficulties faced by students in higher education can lead to poor academic performance, sub-optimal mental health, reduced study satisfaction, and drop out from study. At the same time, higher education institutions’ support services are costly, oversubscribed, and struggle to meet demand whilst facing budget reductions. The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate the acceptability of a new online intervention, MePlusMe, aimed at students in higher education facing mild to moderate psychological and/or study skill difficulties. The study will also assess the feasibility of proposed recruitment and outcome assessment protocols for a future trial of effectiveness. The system supports self-management strategies alongside ongoing monitoring facilitated by a messaging service, as well as featuring a built-in community of student users. It is based on current clinical guidelines for the management of common mental health problems, together with best practice from the educational field. SN - 2055-5784 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-015-0029-8 DO - 10.1186/s40814-015-0029-8 ID - Papadatou-Pastou2015 ER -