Study on Mental Health-related Stigma

NCT05639855 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2021/028
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 740
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Mental disorders are currently among the main causes of disability worldwide. For this reason, various national and international organisations include the promotion of mental health among their strategic actions, with special emphasis on the fight against stigma. Evidence shows that stigma has a negative impact on the process of recovery and participation of people with mental disorders. The general aim of this study is to find out about the attitudes of university students at the University of A Coruña towards people with mental disorders and specifically to intervene with students of the Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy to assess whether taking part in a Mental Health Literacy Programme changes these attitudes.

Conditions

Mental Health Disorder

Keywords

mental health disorder; stigma; university students; occupational therapy; alphabetisation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Changes on the measurement of the students of third-year of occupational therapy bachelor's degree attitudes and beliefs toward people with mental disorders

  It is composed of 40 items, rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The scale comprises 4 factors: authoritarianism, benevolence, social restraint, and mental health ideology in the community. Each factor contains 10 statements concerning opinions about the way people with mental disorder are treated. Five of the 10 items are expressed in the positive and the other 5 are worded in the negative. The score for each subscale results from adding the positive items together with the negative items, which are transformed into positive values, with the total score being the sum of all of them. The higher the score, the greater the agreement. The sum of each factor is analyzed with the mean and standard deviation.

  One month pre-intervention and one month post-intervention

• Changes on the measurement of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental health disorders in students of third-year of occupational therapy bachelor's degree

  It is a Likert-type scale with 27 items on the situation posed, grouped into 9 factors: responsibility, pity, anger, dangerousness, fear, help, coercion, segregation and avoidance. I sum the items of each factor, obtaining a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 27.

  One month pre-intervention and one month post-intervention

• Acquired knowledge in students of third-year of occupational therapy bachelor's degree who participated in the intervention programme

  The interview is the most used data collection technique in qualitative studies. In this study, a semi-structured interview will be used because it is flexible and dynamic. It's a beginning interview to know the knowledge acquired by the students.

  within 1 month after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Measurement of the Students of University of A Coruña attitudes and beliefs toward people with mental disorders

  within 1 month after the intervention

• Measurement of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental health disorders of the Students of University of A Coruña

  within 1 month after the intervention

• Individual-interviews

  within 1 month after the intervention

Study Arms (3)

Third year students of the Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Third-year students of the Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy will receive training on a specific module on mental health and stigma in the university curriculum.

Other: Mental Health Literacy Programme

Students of University of A Coruña

NO INTERVENTION

The students of the University of A Coruña will take part in an online survey to find out the attitudes and beliefs of future professionals from different areas of knowledge regarding mental health.

People with mental health disorder

NO INTERVENTION

Users of a Psychosocial and Labor Rehabilitation Centers in the A Coruña Health Care Area will take part in interviews to find out their experiences regarding the attributions made towards them by citizens and health professionals.

Interventions

Mental Health Literacy Programme OTHER

Mental Health Literacy Program. This program is part of the training of third-year students of the occupational therapy degree at the University of A Coruña. We will follow a mixed method following a sequential explanatory design. The quantitative part corresponds to a quasi-experimental study, where a comparison will be made between the phase before and after the students take the program. The qualitative part will comprise a phenomenological study to collect the knowledge acquired by the students after taking the program.

Third year students of the Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Be graduated at Occupational Therapy Degree at the University of A Coruña

You may not qualify if:

• Have difficulties in understanding and/or communication
• Not being enrolled in the Mental Health module of the Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Student in the University of A Coruña
• Have difficulties in understanding and/or communication
• Have a mental disorder \[according to the Diagnostic Manual Diagnostic Manual\]
• Be a user of the Psychosocial and Labor Rehabilitation Centers of the Health Area of A Coruña
• Have difficulties in understanding and/or communication
• Be in a situation of legal incapacity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nereida Canosa Rodríguez: lead

Study Sites (1)

Nereida Canosa Domínguez

A Coruña, 15071, Spain

RECRUITING

Related Publications (10)

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  PMID: 25183806 RESULT

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  PMID: 31586833 RESULT

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  PMID: 32106225 RESULT

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  PMID: 27126852 RESULT

• Mahmoudi H, Saffari M, Movahedi M, Sanaeinasab H, Rashidi-Jahan H, Pourgholami M, Poorebrahim A, Barshan J, Ghiami M, Khoshmanesh S, Potenza MN, Lin CY, Pakpour AH. A mediating role for mental health in associations between COVID-19-related self-stigma, PTSD, quality of life, and insomnia among patients recovered from COVID-19. Brain Behav. 2021 May;11(5):e02138. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2138. Epub 2021 Apr 3.

  PMID: 33811451 RESULT

• Adu J, Oudshoorn A, Anderson K, Marshall CA, Stuart H, Stanley M. Policies and Interventions to Reduce Familial Mental Illness Stigma: A Scoping Review of Empirical Literature. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2021 Dec;42(12):1123-1137. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2021.1936710. Epub 2021 Jul 28.

  PMID: 34319817 RESULT

• Ma HI, Hsieh CE. An Anti-Stigma Course for Occupational Therapy Students in Taiwan: Development and Pilot Testing. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 3;17(15):5599. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155599.

  PMID: 32756448 RESULT

• Tomar N, Ghezzi MA, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wilson AB, Van Deinse TB, Burgin S, Cuddeback GS. Statewide mental health training for probation officers: improving knowledge and decreasing stigma. Health Justice. 2017 Nov 15;5(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s40352-017-0057-y.

  PMID: 29143153 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders; Social Stigma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Nereida Canosa Domínguez, Master

  Universidade da Coruña

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Nereida Canosa Domínguez, Master

CONTACT

881015967; nereida.canosa@udc.es

Betania Groba González, PhD

CONTACT

881015870; b.groba@udc.es

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2022
• First Posted: December 6, 2022
• Study Start: September 5, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2023
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: December 6, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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