NCT04982094

Counting On U: Towards Better Mental Health

Completed NA Last updated 29 March 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Mental Health First Aid and Relationship Building Training in Mental Health Wellness 1 in 1,599 participants. Completed in 30 September 2023.

Timeline

1 March 2021

Primary endpoint
30 September 2023

30 September 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Leanne Saxon
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	1,599
Start date	1 March 2021
Primary completion	30 September 2023
Estimated completion	30 September 2023
Sites	1 location across Australia

Drugs / interventions tested

• Mental Health First Aid and Relationship Building Training
• Mental Health First Aid

Conditions studied

• Mental Health Wellness 1 — all drugs for Mental Health Wellness 1 →

Sponsor

Leanne Saxon

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Mental Health Wellness 1. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The financial state of a business and the mental health of the business owner are closely related. Thus, the devastating impact of COVID-19 on businesses means small-medium enterprises (SMEs) owners are particularly vulnerable to experiencing depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions (MHC). However, there is a tendency for SME owners to seek help about their financial concerns, rather than their mental wellbeing. For this reason, trusted business advisors (accountants, bookkeepers, coaches) who engage with their SME clients on a regular basis, are well-placed to provide advice about both the financial and mental health concerns of their SME clients.

To provide business advisors with the skills they need to have a conversation with their clients about their mental wellbeing and to encourage help-seeking where appropriate, mental health first aid (MHFA) training will be offered. And to help the business advisor forge a more trusting relationship with their client and provide higher quality advice that may alleviate their financial stresses, Relationship Building Training (RBT) will also be provided. Thus, the aim of this randomised control trial is to assess the additional benefit of combining RBT with MHFA compared with MHFA alone on the financial wellbeing of SME clients and the quality of their relationship with their business advisor.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Counting on U training to enhance trusting relationships and mental health literacy among business advisors: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
   Saxon L, Bromfield S, Leow-Taylor SH, Vega CE, et al · · 2022 · PMID 35705927 · DOI 10.1186/s12888-022-04034-7