Mental Health First Aid Training in a Workplace Setting

ISRCTN ISRCTN13249129
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN13249129
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
22/11/2003
Registration date
01/12/2003
Last edited
13/12/2017
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Anthony Jorm
Scientific

Centre for Mental Health Research
Australian National University
Canberra
0200
Australia

Phone +61 2 61258414
Email anthony.jorm@anu.edu.au

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typeNot Specified
Scientific titleMental Health First Aid Training in a Workplace Setting
Study objectivesThe Mental Health First Aid course was favorably evaluated in an uncontrolled trial published in 2002. This study evaluated the same course using a wait-list control group. The major hypothesis was that Mental Health First Aid training would improve mental health literacy and helping skills relative to a wait-list control. A secondary hypothesis was that it would benefit the participants' own mental health. The trial found a number of benefits from the training, including greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes. There was also an improvement in participants' mental health.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMental and Behavioural Disorders
InterventionParticipants are randomly assigned to receive either the Mental Health First Aid course or no intervention. (The control group receives the course once the trial is finished). The Mental Health First Aid course trains members of the public to provide initial help to people in mental health crisis situations and in the early stages of a mental disorder.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureRecognition of mental disorders in vignettes, beliefs about treatments for the persons in the vignettes, social distance from people with mental disorders, amount of contact with people with mental disorders, confidence in providing help to others, amount and type of help provided to others, participant mental health.
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date01/04/2003
Completion date30/11/2003

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants301
Key inclusion criteriaEmployees of two Australian government departments. The trial examines the ability of participants to provide initial help to people who have a mental disorder.
Key exclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment01/04/2003
Date of final enrolment30/11/2003

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Australia

Study participating centre

Centre for Mental Health Research
Canberra
0200
Australia

Sponsor information

Australian Centre for Mental Health Research
Research organisation

Australian National University
Canberra
0200
Australia

Phone +61 2 61258414
Email anthony.jorm@anu.edu.au
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Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

National Health and Medical Research Council
Government organisation / National government
Alternative name(s)
NHMRC
Location
Australia

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 15/08/2004 Yes No

Editorial Notes

13/12/2017: Internal review