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Registration number
ACTRN12624001157561
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
4/09/2024
Date registered
24/09/2024
Date last updated
24/09/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
24/09/2024
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
The impact of workplace mental health training on knowledge, stigma and mental health management skills for university staff
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Scientific title
The impact of workplace mental health training on knowledge, stigma and mental health management skills for university staff: a quasi-experimental study
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Mental health knowledge
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Mental health stigma
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Mental health management skills
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Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health
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Anxiety
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Mental Health
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Depression
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Mental Health
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Other mental health disorders
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
The intervention is skills-based mental health training workshops with the aim of upskilling participants to look after their own and their colleagues' mental health. Training programs are 2-hours in duration and delivered online through interactive workshops, including group conversation and workbooks to fill out, Each participant attends one workshop. The workshops are facilitated by independent clinicians and were adapted from evidence-based manager mental health training (Milligan-Saville et al., 2017) in partnership with representatives from the university to reflect the needs of the faculty. They consisted of 10 modules covering the following content:
1. Acknowledgement of Country & Introductions 9 mins
2. Prevalence of mental illness 6 mins
3. Recognising changes in behaviour 11 mins
4. Disclosure of mental ill-health 14 mins
5. Approaching a conversation about mental health 10 mins
6. Help Seeking 4 mins
Break 5 mins
7. Practising the conversation 25 mins
8. What to do if you think someone is suicidal 5 mins
9. Remaining at work or being absent? 10 mins
10. How to keep your team healthy 18 mins
Conclusion 3 mins
TOTAL 120 mins
Attendance at the workshop is recorded to monitor adherence, including if participants attend only part of the workshop.
Milligan-Saville, J. S., Tan, L., Gayed, A., Barnes, C., Madan, I., Dobson, M., Bryant, R. A., Christensen, H., Mykletun, A., & Harvey, S. B. (2017). Workplace mental health training for managers and its effect on sick leave in employees: a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4(11), 850-858.
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Intervention code [1]
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Behaviour
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Comparator / control treatment
A waitlist-control group was used for comparison. Three training workshops were held in April 2023 and three training workshops in July 2023. Participants could choose one training workshop to attend and those who opted to attend one of the earlier workshops were assigned into the intervention group and participants who opted to attend the later workshops were assigned to the waitlist-control group. All data was collected before participants in the waitlist-control group could attend the training workshop.
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Mental health knowledge
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Assessment method [1]
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Knowledge about mental health was measured using a 6-item scale for which participants indicate their agreement from 1 (“Strongly disagree”) to 5 (“Strongly Agree”). This scale was developed from the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (Evans-Lacko et al., 2010) and has previously been used in randomised controlled trials of manager mental health training research (Gayed et al., 2019).
Gayed, A., Bryan, B. T., LaMontagne, A. D., Milner, A., Deady, M., Calvo, R. A., Mackinnon, A., Christensen, H., Mykletun, A., & Glozier, N. (2019). A cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate HeadCoach: an online mental health training program for workplace managers. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 61(7), 545-551.
Evans-Lacko, S., Little, K., Meltzer, H., Rose, D., Rhydderch, D., Henderson, C., & Thornicroft, G. (2010). Development and psychometric properties of the mental health knowledge schedule. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(7), 440-448.
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline, 1-month post-intervention, and 3-months post-intervention (primary timepoint)
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Primary outcome [2]
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Mental health stigma
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Assessment method [2]
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Mental health stigma is assessed via a 10-item scale for which participants indicate their agreement to 10 statements from 1 (“Strongly disagree”) to 5 (“Strongly Agree”), giving an overall score ranging from 10-50 with higher scores indicating higher levels of stigma. The scale was used in previous randomised controlled trials for manager mental health training (Gayed et al., 2019)
Gayed, A., Bryan, B. T., LaMontagne, A. D., Milner, A., Deady, M., Calvo, R. A., Mackinnon, A., Christensen, H., Mykletun, A., & Glozier, N. (2019). A cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate HeadCoach: an online mental health training program for workplace managers. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 61(7), 545-551.
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Timepoint [2]
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Baseline, 1-month post-intervention, and 3-months post-intervention (primary timepoint)
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Primary outcome [3]
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Mental health management skills
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Assessment method [3]
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Participants’ skills for managing mental health were measured using a 5-item scale adapted from a scale used in previous studies (Gayed, Bryan, et al., 2019) in which participants indicate their level of agreement to each statement from 1 (“disagree strongly”) to 5 (“agree strongly”) giving an overall score ranging from 5 to 25.
Gayed, A., Tan, L., LaMontagne, A. D., Milner, A., Deady, M., Milligan-Saville, J. S., Madan, I., Calvo, R. A., Christensen, H., & Mykletun, A. (2019). A comparison of face-to-face and online training in improving managers' confidence to support the mental health of workers. Internet interventions, 18, 100258.
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Timepoint [3]
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Baseline, 1-month post-intervention, and 3-months post-intervention (primary timepoint)
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Psychological distress
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Assessment method [1]
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Kessler psychological distress 6-item scale (K6)
Kessler RC, Andrews G, Colpe LJ, et al. Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychol Med. 2002;32(6):959-976.
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline, 1-month post-intervention, and 3-months post-intervention
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Aged 18 years or above
- Working within the participating faculty at the participating university
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Minimum age
18
Years
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
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Key exclusion criteria
Participating in another parallel workplace mental health study ongoing at the Black Dog Institute
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Educational / counselling / training
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
Statistical analyses will be conducted using SPSSv27 statistical software. Baseline participant demographics between the intervention and control groups will be compared using chi squared and t tests. Logistic regression will be used to compare baseline scale total scores between groups to identify whether underlying differences in mental health knowledge, stigma or management skills influenced the choice of earlier or later workshops and subsequently intervention or control group allocation. Comparisons across outcomes over time between the intervention and control group will be analysed using an intent-to-treat framework utilising mixed-model repeated measure (MMRM) with an alpha of 0.05. Contrast estimates across each outcome for the intervention group compared to the control group will be analysed at 1-month post-intervention and 3-month follow-up from baseline.
Based on previous research into mental health training programs (Gayed, Bryan, et al., 2018), in order to detect a moderate effect size of 0.54 with 80% power using an alpha of 0.05, it was calculated that 126 participants were required. Anticipating a 20% dropout, we aimed to recruit 150 participants.
Gayed, A., Bryan, B. T., Petrie, K., Deady, M., Milner, A., LaMontagne, A. D., Calvo, R. A., Mackinnon, A., Christensen, H., & Mykletun, A. (2018). A protocol for the HeadCoach trial: the development and evaluation of an online mental health training program for workplace managers. BMC psychiatry, 18, 1-9.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
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Actual
4/03/2023
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Date of last participant enrolment
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4/04/2023
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Date of last data collection
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Actual
27/07/2023
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Sample size
Target
150
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Accrual to date
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Final
102
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Government body
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Name [1]
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NHMRC Investigator Grant
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Address [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
Other
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Name
Black Dog Institute
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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The University of New South Wales Research Ethics Committee A
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Ethics committee address [1]
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https://research.unsw.edu.au/research-ethics-and-compliance-support-recs
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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28/07/2022
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Approval date [1]
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01/08/2022
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Ethics approval number [1]
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HC220374
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Summary
Brief summary
With rising mental health strains in the tertiary education sector, it is imperative to promote a supportive, mentally healthy workplace for employees. The current study adapts a skills-based mental health training program, previously successful in training workplace managers to support the mental health of employees, with the aim of upskilling university staff to support their own and their colleagues' mental health. The aim of this study is to ascertain the effectiveness of this training in improving university staff's mental health knowledge, stigmatising attitudes to mental health and mental health management skills.
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Dr Aimee Gayed
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Address
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Black Dog Institute, Hospital Road Randwick NSW 2031
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+610290659043
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
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Aimee Gayed
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Address
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Black Dog Institute, Hospital Road Randwick NSW 2031
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Australia
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+610290659043
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Aimee Gayed
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Address
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Black Dog Institute, Hospital Road Randwick NSW 2031
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+610290659043
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
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Ethical approval
388398-(Uploaded-04-09-2024-12-27-58)-UNSW Ethics Approval_01082022.Pdf
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