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Conditions
Brief summary
Suicide is a leading cause of death among young Australians. Historically, high levels of suicide have been recorded in Australian university students, as they transition from high school to university, and experience dramatic changes in personal and social circumstances. The National Suicide Prevention Program in Germany recently developed the “Talk to Me” program, a suicide prevention intervention that facilitates the detection of early symptoms of evolving suicidal behaviour and supports action planning in a potential suicidal crisis situation. This research aims to develop, deliver and test the "Talk-to-Me" Mass online learning content (MOOC) for undergraduate university students, underpinned with strength-based suicide prevention principles.
Interventions
This project will build on a previously approved project ('Talk to me' program-building resilience in university students, HREC record number: HRE2019-0402) which included a pilot study of the module 1 and 2 of the MOOC program and focus groups with university staff, students, GP's and mental health policy makers to determine suitability and scope and desired content of a Mass Open Online Course ("Talk-to-Me" MOOC) to support mental health awareness, early detection; interaction and coping skill
This project will build on a previously approved project ('Talk to me' program-building resilience in university students, HREC record number: HRE2019-0402) which included a pilot study of the module 1 and 2 of the MOOC program and focus groups with university staff, students, GP's and mental health policy makers to determine suitability and scope and desired content of a Mass Open Online Course ("Talk-to-Me" MOOC) to support mental health awareness, early detection; interaction and coping skills for undergraduate students. For this project, we will evaluate the effectiveness of the "Talk-to-me" MOOC developed in the previously approved project ('Talk to me' program-building resilience in university students, HREC record number: HRE2019-0402) in two phases. Students will complete 6 modules of the MOOC: • Module 1 – Mental fitness • Module 2 – Cognitive-behavioural strategies to increase mental fitness • Module 3 – Non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH) • Module 4 – Suicidal behaviour in young adults (SBYA) • Module 5 – Interventions in SBYA • Module 6 – Gatekeeper Interventions Phase One Phase One will include a waitlist RCT to explore and evaluate the effectiveness of the "Talk-to-Me" MOOC. This will include 1) Evaluation of the “Talk-to-Me” MOOC in providing education on mental health and influencing attitudes, stigma, health seeking behaviour and behaviour related to providing support to others experiencing mental health and 2) Exploring changes related to participants own mental health including areas such as self-efficacy, resilience and knowledge about own mental health. Response to query 4.2.20: A: A total of 15 hours is allocated to each module. It estimated each module will take between 1-2 hours. B: The course is completed at the participants own pace over the duration of a semester (February-June 2020, or July- December 2020) C: There is a quiz at the end of each module. Emails will also be sent out at different points of study to complete pre/post measures.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
inclusion criteria: a) aged 18 years and older; b) enrolled in 2nd year, 3rd year or GEM Health Sciences units at Curtin University & UWA. 4) Score below threshold on Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale. Students will be excluded from the MOOC if they report significant mental distress using tSeverity of suicidal ideation as measured by the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale. For the SIDAS, a score of 21 or above is considered high-risk. In addition, students who score 7-10 regarding making an attempt will also be excluded. Scoring above threshold for any of these criteria is grounds for exclusion.
Exclusion criteria
Students will be excluded from the MOOC if they report significant mental distress using the Severity of suicidal ideation as measured by the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale. For the SIDAS, a score of 21 or above is considered high-risk. In addition, students who score 7-10 regarding making an attempt will also be excluded. Scoring above threshold for any of these criteria is grounds for exclusion. .
Outcome results
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