None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This quantitative project will involve a cross-sectional study which will measure self-stigma (SS) prevalence and severity among the Western Australian youth (16 -24 years) mental health population. It will also profile SS by exploring its relationship with several measures of demographic, mental and physical health, behaviours, and wellbeing. A minimum of 436 youth with a mental illness are required for the cross-sectional survey. It is hypothesised that moderate to severe internalised stigma will affect approximately 25% of youth with a mental illness. Additionally, it is hypothesised that those with lower SS severity will present as relatively more recovered, demonstrate stronger self-orientation towards empowerment and have better quality of life.
Interventions
Quantitative online cross-sectional survey evaluating the occurrence and profile of self-stigma in youth with mental health complications.
Convenient sampling of youth engaged with WA mental health services will be used for this study. Recruitment will be ongoing and occur over a 15-month period (known as ‘rolling recruitment’) and involve dissemination of study information to eligible participants by mental health nurses and the multidisciplinary team at approved sites. Participants will also
Quantitative online cross-sectional survey evaluating the occurrence and profile of self-stigma in youth with mental health complications. Convenient sampling of youth engaged with WA mental health services will be used for this study. Recruitment will be ongoing and occur over a 15-month period (known as ‘rolling recruitment’) and involve dissemination of study information to eligible participants by mental health nurses and the multidisciplinary team at approved sites. Participants will also be targeted through advertisements, where they can request information from mental health staff regarding the study. Briefly, eligible youth will be invited to participate in the survey and provided with a participant information sheet and consent form, which they will access online. Posters will also be made and placed in suitable areas with information about the study. Participants will provide informed consent primarily through Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap); an online digital platform developed to maintain research data integrity. Participant information sheets and consent forms will be accessed through an online link, via a computer, mobile phone, or tablet. Paper-based information sheets and consent forms will also be made available as required. The information sheets and consent form will provide contact details to the Chief Principal Investigator (CPI), who will contact potential participants via telephone and confirm that informed consent was provided. After telephone consultation with the CPI, participants who provide valid informed consent will be sent a link to the online survey complete in REDCap. A paper-based questionnaire can be mailed to their home or treatment location on request. This project will assess SS and general indicators of QoL in the youth with mental health complications. These self-report questionnaires can generally be completed with little or no intervention from an interviewer and take approximately 30 minutes to complete in its entirety at a measured pace. The participants will not receive any feedback after completing the survey and they will not be provided with a copy of their results unless requested.
Sponsors
Edith Cowan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Are aged 16 to 24 years 2. Meet diagnostic criteria for a mental illness in the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) 3. Are fluent in English
Exclusion criteria
1. Are unable to complete the survey or speak English. 2. Are assessed as unable to have the capacity to understand their role in completing the survey and therefore provide valid consent
Outcome results
None listed