Interventional Study of Mental Health Literacy Educational Program for General Hospital Nurses

NCT ID: NCT05528640

Last Updated: 2022-09-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-01

Study Completion Date

2023-04-21

Brief Summary

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Mental health literacy is a concept that encompasses knowledge of mental health, mental illnesses, and their management; mental illness-related attitudes/ stigma; and help-seeking efficacy. It impacted care provision by affecting healthcare professionals' ability to recognize, manage and prevent mental illnesses. It was found that physical-mental comorbidity (co-occurrence of physical and mental illnesses) imposed a burden on patients and the healthcare system. However, the referral rate to psychiatric consultation-liaison in general hospitals was low could be attributed to the suboptimal level of mental health literacy of general hospital healthcare professionals. Nurses are the major healthcare workforce in general hospitals for the initial identification of mental illness, help doctors to deal with patients' conditions, and make a contribution to positive patient outcomes in general hospitals. Therefore, there is an urgent need to improve the mental health literacy of nurses working in general hospitals.

An education program had been developed guided by the concept of mental health literacy, and self-efficacy theory. This study aims to examine the effect of an educational program on improving the mental health literacy of general hospital nurses, in terms of knowledge of mental health, mental illnesses, and their treatment; attitude or stigma about mental illnesses; and help-seeking efficacy. It also measures the interventional effect on perceived competency in caring for patients with mental illness and work stress among general hospital nurses, as well as patient satisfaction with nursing care in general hospitals.

Detailed Description

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This study is a prospective 2-arm parallel controlled trial. The study sites will be conducted in the emergency departments and medical wards of two similar regional general hospitals. It is estimated using GPower that a sample size of 64 participants per group is adequate to detect an effect size of 0.5 on the primary outcomes at a post-intervention time point with 80% power at a 5% level of significance. Participants will be assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. Participants in the intervention group will receive a Mental Health Literacy Program consisting of six 30-minutes online educational sessions and one 60-minutes face-to-face session. No active intervention will be given to the control group. Outcome measures will be measured by the Mental Health Literacy Scale, the Behavioral Health Care Competency survey, the Workplace Stress Scale, and Hospital Patient Satisfaction Survey at baseline, immediately after intervention, and one-month after intervention.

Conditions

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Mental Health Issue

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This study is a prospective 2-arm parallel controlled trial.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Mental Health Literacy Educational Program

An educational program consisting of six 30-minutes online educational sessions and one 60-minutes face-to-face session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mental Health Literacy Program

Intervention Type OTHER

Six educational sessions will be delivered on a private YouTube channel which consists of information about mental health literacy (knowledge about priority mental illnesses, attitude/ stigma related to mental illnesses, and help-seeking efficacy). There will be six-weeks unrestricted access period. Afterwards, the round-up session which consists of problem-based learning and group sharing will be delivered in person. Two vignettes based on the clinical scenarios will be given for discussion. Furthermore, participants are encouraged to share their opinion on mental health literacy, strategies for dealing with difficulties of caring for patients with mental illnesses in general hospitals, way to promote mental health literacy of healthcare professionals in general hospitals

Control Group

No active intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mental Health Literacy Program

Six educational sessions will be delivered on a private YouTube channel which consists of information about mental health literacy (knowledge about priority mental illnesses, attitude/ stigma related to mental illnesses, and help-seeking efficacy). There will be six-weeks unrestricted access period. Afterwards, the round-up session which consists of problem-based learning and group sharing will be delivered in person. Two vignettes based on the clinical scenarios will be given for discussion. Furthermore, participants are encouraged to share their opinion on mental health literacy, strategies for dealing with difficulties of caring for patients with mental illnesses in general hospitals, way to promote mental health literacy of healthcare professionals in general hospitals

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Full-time registered nurse (general) or enrolled nurse (general)
* Take care for adult patients in emergency departments or medical ward

Exclusion Criteria

* Does not understand Chinese and English
* Unable to access or use the internet.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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CHEUNG, Janice

Student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Central Contacts

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Cheung Janice

Role: CONTACT

+852 59287861

Facility Contacts

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Cheng Ho Yu, PhD

Role: primary

3943 6230

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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1155149877

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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