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CompletedNCT02325115Updated Dec 24, 2014

Validation of the French Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)

An observational study in Human Characteristics and Attitude to Health, sponsored by Hôpital le Vinatier. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-12-24.

Sponsored by Hôpital le Vinatier · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
515
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
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Study summary

Background: Despite current popularity, positive mental health is under researched. This is possibly due to a lack of consensus on appropriate measuresThe Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) is a 14 positively phrased Likert-style list of items developed to measure mental well-being. Its validation has been internationally explored. This report presents the French validation of the WEMWBS (F-WEMWBS) in non-clinical and clinical populations.

Methods: Two non-clinical populations comprised of 319 working adults (WORK), and 75 students (STUD), and one clinical population of 121 patients with remitted schizophrenia (PRS) were included in the validation study. Participants completed the F-WEMWBS as well as complementary measures of psychological constructs potentially related to well-being.

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Three different populations participated in the study: two non-clinical populations composed of students (STUD), and working adults (WORK) and one clinical population comprised of patients with remitted schizophrenia (PRS). The STUD population was a convenient sample of 75 first year students (51 females and 24 males); with 45 from a School of Business Management and 30 from a medical university. The WORK population was also a convenient sample of 113 (63 females and 256 males) working adults including 217 soldiers from Paris Fire Brigade, 93 nurses and 9 individuals from a research laboratory. The PRS population was comprised of 121 remitted schizophrenia patients (39 females and 82 males) who were all clients of the rehabilitation centre for psychotic disorders (Le Vinatier hospital), situated in Lyon, France.

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Conditions studied

  • Human Characteristics
  • Attitude to Health

Keywords

  • well-being, mental health, schizophrenia, quality of life
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In context

Lead sponsor

Hôpital le Vinatier is the lead sponsor of 106 studies on the registry; 41 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Three different populations participated in the study: two non-clinical populations composed of students (STUD), and working adults (WORK) and one clinical population comprised of patients with remitted schizophrenia (PRS).

Inclusion criteria

  • For STUD and WORK, there were two criteria to be included in the study: (i) , not undergoing medical treatment for psychological issues at the time of the study and (ii) and not having been part of a stress management program prior to recruitment for the current study.
  • For PRS, there were three criteria to be included in the study: (i) a DSM-IVR diagnosis of schizophrenia as confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for DSM-IV (MINI; 14); (ii) age between 18 and 65 years; and (iii) being clinically stable (i.e. not having required hospitalization or increases in medication as a result of an exacerbation of acute symptoms over the previous three months).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
515 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • students (STUD)

    The STUD population was a convenient sample of 75 first year students (51 females and 24 males); with 45 from a School of Business Management and 30 from a medical university.

  • working adults (WORK)

    The WORK population was also a convenient sample of 113 (63 females and 256 males) working adults including 217 soldiers from Paris Fire Brigade, 93 nurses and 9 individuals from a research laboratory.

  • remitted schizophrenia (PRS)

    The PRS population was comprised of 121 remitted schizophrenia patients (39 females and 82 males) who were all clients of the rehabilitation centre for psychotic disorders (Le Vinatier hospital),

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS)

    Time frame: Baseline and 2 months

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 24, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02325115
Lead sponsor
Hôpital le Vinatier
Collaborators
Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armees, Fondation de France, Université d'Auvergne, Australian Catholic University
Responsible party
Nicolas FRANCK, Pr (Professor, Hôpital le Vinatier) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 24, 2014
Start date
Jan 2014
Primary completion
Feb 2014
Completion
Oct 2014
Last update
Dec 24, 2014

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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