Conversations about Suicide in Australian Men's Sheds

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Suicide; Mental Health - Suicide

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000756820
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Melbourne

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-16
• Study Completion: 2024-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 340

Inclusion Criteria

Cluster: The local Men's Shed coordinator agrees to offer the MHFA Conversations about Suicide course to Shed members in their area and agrees to randomisation to the intervention or wait list group.
Participants: Male, member of a participating Men's Shed and agrees to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

No

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in intentions to assist a person who is at risk of suicide in response to a vignette used in previous studies (Jorm et al, 2018; Nicholas et al, 2020). Participants will be asked to indicate their likelihood of undertaking 15 helping actions.<br><br>Jorm, A.F., et al., Associations of training to assist a suicidal person with subsequent quality of support: results from a national survey of the Australian public. BMC psychiatry, 2018. 18(1): p. 1-7.<br>Nicholas, A., et al., Confidence and intentions to help a person at risk of suicide. Suicide Life-Threatening Behavior, 2020. 50(1): p. 138-150.[ Baseline (pre-intervention) and 1 month (post-intervention) and 7 months after baseline (follow-up, primary endpoint) ]