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
Scientific
Centre for Mental Health Research
Australian National University
Canberra
0200
Australia
| Phone | +61 2 61258414 |
|---|---|
| anthony.jorm@anu.edu.au |
Study information
| Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Not specified |
| Study type | Not Specified |
| Scientific title | Mental Health First Aid Training in a Workplace Setting |
| Study objectives | The 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) studied | Mental and Behavioural Disorders |
| Intervention | Participants 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 type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Recognition 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 measures | Not provided at time of registration |
| Overall study start date | 01/04/2003 |
| Completion date | 30/11/2003 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 301 |
| Key inclusion criteria | Employees 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 criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/04/2003 |
| Date of final enrolment | 30/11/2003 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Australia
Study participating centre
Centre for Mental Health Research
Canberra
0200
Australia
0200
Australia
Sponsor information
Australian Centre for Mental Health Research
Research organisation
Research organisation
Australian National University
Canberra
0200
Australia
| Phone | +61 2 61258414 |
|---|---|
| anthony.jorm@anu.edu.au | |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/019wvm592 |
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
National Health and Medical Research Council
Government organisation / National government
Government organisation / National government
- Alternative name(s)
- NHMRC
- Location
- Australia
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not 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
