Mental Health First Aid Training With Members of the Public in a Rural Area
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN53887541 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN53887541 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 22/11/2003
- Registration date
- 01/12/2003
- Last edited
- 10/09/2007
- 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 | |
| Study objectives | A Mental Health First Aid course has been developed which trains members of the public in how to give initial help in mental health crisis situations and to support people developing mental health problems. This course has previously been evaluated in a randomized controlled trial in a workplace setting and found to produce a number of positive effects. However, this was an efficacy trial under relatively ideal conditions. The present trial is an effectiveness trial in which the course was given under more typical conditions. The hypotheses were that individuals trained in Mental Health First Aid, when compared to wait-list controls, would have increased knowledge of mental disorders and their treatments, decreased social distance, increased confidence in providing help, and that they would provide greater help to people experiencing mental health problems. The findings were that training produced significantly greater recognition of the disorders, increased agreeement with health professionals about which interventions are likely to be helpful, decreased social distance, increased confidence in providing help to others, and an increase in help actually provided. There was no change in the number of people with mental health problems that trainees had contact with nore in the percentage advising someone to seek professional help. |
| 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, agreeement with health professionals about which interventions are likely to be helpful for the persons portrayed in the vignettes, social distance from people with mental disorders, confidence in providing help to others, contact with people with mental disorders, amount and type of help actually provided. |
| Secondary outcome measures | Not provided at time of registration |
| Overall study start date | 01/10/2002 |
| Completion date | 31/10/2003 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Not Specified |
| Sex | Not Specified |
| Target number of participants | 753 |
| Key inclusion criteria | Members of the public living in a rural area of Australia. The trial examines the ability of participants to provide initial help to people who have a mental disorder. There were 753 participants, 416 in the intervention group and 337 in the control group. These were members of the community, not patients. |
| Key exclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/10/2002 |
| Date of final enrolment | 31/10/2003 |
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 council
Research council
Australian National University
Canberra
0200
Australia
| Phone | +61 2 61258414 |
|---|---|
| anthony.jorm@anu.edu.au | |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/019wvm592 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
New South Wales Department of Health,
No information available
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: | 23/10/2004 | Yes | No |
