Mental health difficulties among males are an issue of public health concern. Men are also at higher risk of suicidal ideation and self-harm and are poor at help-seeking due to factors including stigma, cultural norms and gendered expectations of masculinity. Yet, in Nigeria, a significant gap remains in media orientation intervention to create awareness on symptoms of mental health difficulties and support channels to encourage help-seeking. In essence, the current study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a novel intervention titled, psyChosOcial media awareNesS for SuiCIde symptoms, including other mental health PrOblems and help seeking mediUmS (CONSCIOUS) for addressing awareness of mental health difficulties in comparison to the waitlist control group for the purposes of improving men's help seeking, social support and reducing anxiety in Nigeria.
male, aged 18 years or above, able to provide full informed consent to aid their participation, able to speak the English language which is Nigeria language. able to take part in the intervention and are available for the intervention assessment at baseline and end of intervention.
less than 18 years old, unable to provide informed consent, undergoing severe mental health treatment and unable to speak the English language. Participants were also excluded if they are high risk social ideation or self-harm patients.
Parallel
Psychosocial media campaign
BehavioralThe CONSCIOUS is 3 minutes recorded media message. The intervention is designed to promote awareness on how to prevent suicidal ideation and self-harm, stigma reduction and avenues or mediums for help-seeking. The core message is composed of three key ambits: 1) emphasizing what is meant by suicidal ideation and self-harm (ii) the need to seek help and stop societal stigmatising behaviour (iii) Avenues for help seeking and improved mental health and wellbeing.
Intervention as usual
Other interventionCurrent available interventions to foster help seeking including leaflets, community health centre provision of information etc. This group will be later offered the CONSCIOUS intervention after completion of baseline and end of intervention assessment.
Service Satisfaction Scale
A five item scale that can be used to assess and measure satisfaction, acceptability and quality of the intervention. Higher score denote positive outcomes and acceptability. Lower score denotes poor satisfaction and acceptability.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)
The GAD-7 is a seven item scale for screening, measuring and assessing the severity of generalised anxiety disorder. Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale
The ATSPPH is a 10-item scale that measures attitude towards seeking professional psychological help. Higher scores reflect increased positive attitude towards seeking professional psychological help while lower score reflects reduced attitude towards seeking help.
General Help Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ)
The GHSQ is a 20-item scale measuring the likelihood of seeking help from a range of sources. The scale adopts a Likert style rating as follows: Extremely unlikely(1), Somewhat unlikely (2), Unlikely (3), Not sure (4), Likely =5, Somewhat likely = 6, Extremely likely =7. The scores are summed across all help-seeking items. For a standard 9-item list, total scores range from 9 to 63 points. Higher total scores indicate a greater overall intention to seek help from someone.
Self Stigma and Help Seeking (SSHS) Scale
The self-stigma and help seeking scale is a 10-item scale that measures stigma of seeking help. The scale features 10 items, each rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly. Items 2, 4, 5, 7, and 9 are reverse-scored. The possible total score ranges from 10 to 50. Higher total scores indicate higher levels of internalised self-stigma associated with seeking professional psychological help.
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Teesside University
Lead sponsor
The University of Manchester
Collaborator
Jos University Teaching Hospital
Collaborator
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