Long-term Effect of Online Mental Health Literacy Training

February 28, 2022 updated by: Laura Tennant, Brock University

Investigating the Long-term Effect of Online Mental Health Literacy Training in Intercollegiate Sport

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness over time of an online mental health in sport module in improving mental health literacy, stigma, and help-seeking behaviors in a sample of Brock student-athletes. Student-athletes will be assigned to one of two conditions, mental health module or the waitlist condition. The mental health module will consist of completing the Supporting Student-Athletes Mental Wellness" online module for the student-athlete by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Participants will complete surveys at pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-months and 6-month time points.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1
        • Brock University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • student-athletes

Exclusion Criteria:

  • non student-athletes

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
Receives the supporting student-athlete mental wellness module
Other: Supporting Student-Athletes Mental Wellness
The module addresses: 1) managing your own mental wellness; 2) signs and symptoms of mental health problems; 3) role of student-athletes in creating a positive team environment that is supportive of mental health care seeking; 4) the role of a student-athlete in helping teammates; 5) how to identify emergency and non-emergency mental health situations.
No Intervention: Waitlist
Receives no intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Multicomponent Mental Health Literacy Measure
Time Frame: 72 hours pre-intervention, 72 hours post-intervention, 3-months post, 6-months post
Multicomponent Mental Health Literacy Measure
72 hours pre-intervention, 72 hours post-intervention, 3-months post, 6-months post
Change in Self-Stigma
Time Frame: 72 hours pre-intervention, 72 hours post-intervention, 3-months post, 6-months post
Self Stigma of Seeking Help Survey
72 hours pre-intervention, 72 hours post-intervention, 3-months post, 6-months post
Change in Help seeking intentions
Time Frame: 72 hours pre-intervention, 72 hours post-intervention, 3-months post, 6-months post
General Help-Seeking Questionnaire
72 hours pre-intervention, 72 hours post-intervention, 3-months post, 6-months post

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Brock University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Philip Sullivan, Brock University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 2, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 18, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 22, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

November 27, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 15, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 28, 2022

Last Verified

February 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REB 20-091

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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