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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00940732




Registration number
NCT00940732
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/07/2009
Date registered
16/07/2009
Date last updated
26/06/2015

Titles & IDs
Public title
The Elite Athlete Mental Health Strategy Trial
Scientific title
The Elite Athlete Mental Health Strategy: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Online Intervention for the Mental Health Help-Seeking of Elite Athletes
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2009/373
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
TEAMS
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Mental Health Help-Seeking 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Destigmatisation and Mental Health Literacy
Other interventions - Help-seeking list
Other interventions - Feedback

Experimental: Destigmatisation and Mental Health Literacy -

Experimental: Help-seeking list -

Experimental: Feedback -

No intervention: Control -


Other interventions: Destigmatisation and Mental Health Literacy
Written material delivered over 2 weeks via the Internet, including "mythbusters", debunking common myths around anxiety and depression, as well information about a range of celebrities who have identified themselves as having depression or anxiety. Also contains mental health literacy information.

Other interventions: Help-seeking list
List of sources for mental health help-seeking delivered over 2 weeks.

Other interventions: Feedback
Written material delivered over 2 weeks via the Internet, including two short self-report measures (Goldberg Anxiety, Goldberg Depression), which will provide feedback to the participant about levels of depression and anxiety.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Help-seeking attitudes (Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help: Shortened Form, ATSPPH-SF)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, post, 3 month, and 6 month follow-up
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Help-seeking behaviour, and Help-seeking intentions (General Help-Seeking Questionnaire, GHSQ)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, post, 3 month, and 6 month follow-up

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Invited through sports organisation
* Elite athlete
* Able to read English
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
* None.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/11/2009
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2011
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
59
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
The Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University - Canberra
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
0200 - Canberra

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Amelia Gulliver
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
Australian Institute of Sport
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Amelia Gulliver, BA, BAppPsych, BScPsych (Hons)
Address 0 0
The Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00940732