Effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid programme for general nursing students in Hong Kong: A randomised controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria S.Y. Hung ◽  
Meyrick C.M. Chow ◽  
Wai Tong Chien ◽  
Prudence Y.K. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Mental Health First Aid ◽  
Randomised Controlled

scholarly journals Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of strengths model case management (SMCM) with Chinese mental health service users in Hong Kong

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e026399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Tse ◽  
Sau Man Catalina Ng ◽  
Wing Yan Winnie Yuen ◽  
Sadaaki Fukui ◽  
Richard J Goscha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
The University

IntroductionStrengths-based approaches mobilise individual and environmental resources that can facilitate the recovery of people with mental illness. Strengths model case management (SMCM), developed by Rapp and Goscha through collaborative efforts at the University of Kansas, offers a structured and innovative intervention. As evidence of the effectiveness of strengths-based interventions come from Western studies, which lacked rigorous research design or failed to assure fidelity to the model, we aim to fill these gaps and conduct a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of SMCM for individuals with mental illness in Hong Kong.Methods and analysisThis will be an RCT of SMCM. Assuming a medium intervention effect (Cohen’s d=0.60) with 30% missing data (including dropouts), 210 service users aged 18 years or above will be recruited from three community mental health centres. They will be randomly assigned to SMCM groups (intervention) or SMILE groups (control) in a 1:1 ratio. The SMCM groups will receive strengths model interventions from case workers, whereas the SMILE groups will receive generic care from case workers with an attention placebo. The case workers will all be embedded in the community centres and will be required to provide a session with service users in both groups at least once every fortnight. There will be two groups of case workers for the intervention and control groups, respectively. The effectiveness of the SMCM will be compared between the two groups of service users with outcomes at baseline, 6 and 12 months after recruitment. Functional outcomes will also be reported by case workers. Data on working alliances and goal attainment will be collected from individual case workers. Qualitative evaluation will be conducted to identify the therapeutic ingredients and conditions leading to positive outcomes. Trained outcome assessors will be blind to the group allocation.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of Hong Kong has been obtained (HRECNCF: EA1703078). The results will be disseminated to service users and their families via the media, to healthcare professionals via professional training and meetings and to researchers via conferences and publications.Trial registration number12617001435370; Pre-results.

scholarly journals Effects of active referral combined with a small financial incentive on smoking cessation: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e038351
Author(s):  
Xue Weng ◽  
Man Ping Wang ◽  
Ho Cheung William Li ◽  
Yee Tak Derek Cheung ◽  
Ching Yin Lau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Financial Incentive ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomised ◽  
Smoking Cessation Services ◽  
Randomised Controlled

IntroductionEvidence-based smoking cessation treatments are effective but underutilised, accentuating the need for novel approaches to increase use. This trial investigates the effects of active referral combined with a financial incentive to use smoking cessation services on smoking abstinence among community smokers.Methods and analysisThis ongoing study is a two-arm, assessor-blinded, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial with follow‐ups at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months after randomisation. We aim to enrol 1134 daily smokers from 70 community sites (clusters) in Hong Kong. All participants receive Ask, Warn, Advise, Refer, Do-it-again (AWARD) guided advice and a self-help booklet at baseline. Additionally, participants in the intervention group receive an offer of referral to smoking cessation services at baseline and a small financial incentive (HK$300≈US$38) contingent on using any of such services within 3 months. The primary outcomes are bioverified abstinence (exhaled carbon monoxide <4 ppm and salivary cotinine <10 ng/mL) at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes include self-reported 7-day point prevalence of abstinence, smoking reduction rate, quit attempts and the use of smoking cessation services at 3 and 6 months. Intention-to-treat approach and regression models will be used in primary analyses.Ethics and disseminationThis protocol has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (IRB reference number: UW 18-318). The results of this trial will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, and the key findings will be presented at national and international conferences.Trial registration numberClinicalTrials.gov Registry NCT03565796.

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