Table 1.
Mental Health First Aid group | Control group | P-value | |
Local Government Area characteristics at baseline | |||
Number | 8 | 8 | |
Population size: | 1.0 | ||
<5,000 | 3 | 3 | |
5,000–9,999 | 2 | 1 | |
10,000–19,999 | 1 | 2 | |
20,000–29,999 | 1 | 0 | |
30,000–39,999 | 1 | 2 | |
Number of participants in each area (smallest to largest) | 9,17,18,29,30,48,100,165 | 8,9,12,16,28,50,53,161 | |
Individual participant characteristics at baseline | |||
Number | 416 | 337 | |
Mean age (years) | 47.14 | 47.97 | 0.42 |
Number (%) men | 79 (19.0) | 57 (16.9) | 0.40 |
Number (%) with university degree | 85 (20.6) | 81 (24.1) | 0.36 |
Number (%) aboriginal | 11 (2.6) | 10 (3.0) | 0.40 |
Number (%) non-English speaking background | 5 (1.2) | 7 (2.1) | 0.12 |
Reason for doing course: | 0.011 | ||
Relating to workplace/voluntary work | 180 (43.3) | 188 (55.8) | |
Relating to family/close friends | 56 (13.5) | 29 (8.6) | |
Relating to own mental health status | 20 (4.8) | 10 (3.0) | |
Duty as a citizen | 49 (11.8) | 44 (13.1) | |
Just interested | 111 (26.7) | 66 (19.6) |
Note: P-values are adjusted for clustering by Local Government Area