CONSCIOUS: A Pilot Trial of a Media Orientation Intervention to Encourage Men's Help Seeking for Mental Health Difficulties
CONSCIOUS
Media Orientation to Prevent Suicidal Ideation and Self Harm and Improve Help Seeking Behaviour: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Mental health difficulties among males are an issue of public health concern. Men are also at higher risk of suicidal ideation and self-harm and are poor at help-seeking due to factors including stigma, cultural norms and gendered expectations of masculinity. Yet, in Nigeria, a significant gap remains in media orientation intervention to create awareness on symptoms of mental health difficulties and support channels to encourage help-seeking. In essence, the current study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a novel intervention titled, psyChosOcial media awareNesS for SuiCIde symptoms, including other mental health PrOblems and help seeking mediUmS (CONSCIOUS) for addressing awareness of mental health difficulties in comparison to the waitlist control group for the purposes of improving men's help seeking, social support and reducing anxiety in Nigeria.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable anxiety
Started Jun 2026
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 30, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 4, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
June 30, 2026
ExpectedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 3, 2027
Study Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 3, 2027
June 4, 2026
May 1, 2026
11 months
May 30, 2026
May 30, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Service Satisfaction Scale
A five item scale that can be used to assess and measure satisfaction, acceptability and quality of the intervention. Higher score denote positive outcomes and acceptability. Lower score denotes poor satisfaction and acceptability.
Immediately after the end of the intervention
Secondary Outcomes (10)
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)
Baseline (day 1) and at the end of intervention (day 2)
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale
Baseline (day 1) and at the end of intervention (day 2)
General Help Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ)
Baseline (day 1) and at the end of intervention (day 2)
Self Stigma and Help Seeking (SSHS) Scale
Baseline (day 1) and at the end of intervention (day 2)
Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS)
Baseline (day 1) and at the end of intervention (day 2)
- +5 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Experimental : psyChosOcial media awareNesS for SuiCIde symptoms and other mental health PrOblems
EXPERIMENTALLow intensity media campaign intervention
Control - Intervention as Usual/Waitlist
OTHERIntervention as Usual / Waitlist to be administered the CONSCIOUS intervention after assessment at baseline (day 1) and end of intervention (day 2).
Interventions
The CONSCIOUS is 3 minutes recorded media message. The intervention is designed to promote awareness on how to prevent suicidal ideation and self-harm, stigma reduction and avenues or mediums for help-seeking. The core message is composed of three key ambits: 1) emphasizing what is meant by suicidal ideation and self-harm (ii) the need to seek help and stop societal stigmatising behaviour (iii) Avenues for help seeking and improved mental health and wellbeing.
Current available interventions to foster help seeking including leaflets, community health centre provision of information etc. This group will be later offered the CONSCIOUS intervention after completion of baseline and end of intervention assessment.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- male, aged 18 years or above, able to provide full informed consent to aid their participation, able to speak the English language which is Nigeria language. able to take part in the intervention and are available for the intervention assessment at baseline and end of intervention.
You may not qualify if:
- less than 18 years old, unable to provide informed consent, undergoing severe mental health treatment and unable to speak the English language. Participants were also excluded if they are high risk social ideation or self-harm patients.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Teesside Universitylead
- Jos University Teaching Hospitalcollaborator
- The University of Manchestercollaborator
Related Publications (2)
Pirkis J, Rossetto A, Nicholas A, Ftanou M, Robinson J, Reavley N. Suicide Prevention Media Campaigns: A Systematic Literature Review. Health Commun. 2019 Apr;34(4):402-414. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1405484. Epub 2017 Nov 30.
PMID: 29190128BACKGROUNDFtanou M, Cox G, Nicholas A, Spittal MJ, Machlin A, Robinson J, Pirkis J. Suicide Prevention Public Service Announcements (PSAs): Examples from Around the World. Health Commun. 2017 Apr;32(4):493-501. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1140269. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
PMID: 27308843BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Senior Lecturer/ Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 30, 2026
First Posted
June 4, 2026
Study Start (Estimated)
June 30, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
June 3, 2027
Study Completion (Estimated)
June 3, 2027
Last Updated
June 4, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
Data supporting this study cannot be made available due to the sensitive nature and ethical reasons on confidentiality.