Table 5

Changes in confidence and help provided to others

Outcome

Before

After

P-value1


% Feeling confident in helping someone ("moderately", "quite a bit" or "extremely")

62.2%

83.3%

.000

% Had contact with anyone with mental health problem2

88.5%

89.0%

1.00

% Provided help ("some" or "a lot")

54.5%

61.9%

.036

% Advised professional help

14.6%

9.0%

.052

% Gave multiple types of help

45.6%

52.2%

.085


1McNemar exact test, 2-tailed 2Although the percent having some contact did not change, the mean number contacted decreased from 6.41 to 5.26, P = .034 in analysis of variance

Kitchener and Jorm BMC Psychiatry 2002 2:10   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-2-10

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