Study to assess the effectiveness of an education module on mental health literacy

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Mentally and physically healthy students who are completed the age of 18 years are the study participants.Candidate who has any kind of physical and mental conditions not involved in this study.

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/05/019195
• Lead Sponsor: Aswathi Raj L

Brief Summary

Aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an education module on mental health literacy among undergraduate students in Udupi district. Main purpose of this study is to improve the mental health literacy among undergraduate students who are in risk of getting mental illness due to various reasons which include family problems,physical changes,Academic stress,social factors ,friends, relationship, and influence of media.Main outcome is achieved through different objectives such as assessing the mental health literacy,exploring the perceptions of mental health literacy which leads to the development of an education module.finally,to assess the effectiveness of an education module on mental health literacy. Null hypothesis  is ,there is an association  between mental heal literacy and mental health education module. Alternate hypothesis is ,there is no association between mental health literacy and education module.

To conclude this study definitely help youth to improve their mental health literacy through an effective education module

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2019-05-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2034

Inclusion Criteria

Students who have completed 18 years and studying second year degree program in Arts,Science and Commerce are included in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

students who are doing professional degree program such as medicine,engineering are not included in this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess the effectiveness of an education module on mental health literacy	3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessing Mental health litercay	8 months
Exploration of perceptions on mental health literacy	3 months
Development of an education module	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba hospital; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba hospital

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Aswathi Raj L

Principal investigator

07406053990

aswathiraj939@gmail.com