Trial reportSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2017
Short video interventions to reduce mental health stigma: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial in nursing high schools.
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- Educational interventions to reduce mental health stigma toward patients among healthcare professionals and trainees: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma in Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Virtual patients in undergraduate psychiatry education: a systematic review and synthesis.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Stigma Related to Mental Illnesses in Educational Institutes: a Systematic Review.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2020Pooled it
- Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it.BMC medicine · 2019Pooled it
- A web-based pilot randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of education and contact-based interventions in reducing public suicide stigma.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- ¡Yo no Estoy Loca! A Behavioral Health Telenovela Style Entertainment Education Video: Increasing Mental Health Literacy Among Latinas.Community mental health journal · 2022Trial
- Long-term effects of filmed social contact or internet-based self-study on mental health-related stigma: a 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Trial
- A Rapid Review of HIV-Related Stigma-Reduction Randomized Controlled Trials.AIDS and behavior · 2025Review
- Digital gratification: short video consumption and mental health in rural China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "This Is Me" an Awareness-Raising and Anti-Stigma Program for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Psychiatrists' occupational stigma conceptualization, measurement, and intervention: A literature review.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Public's preferences for health science popularization short videos in China: a discrete choice experiment.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Short Video-Based Mental Health Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in Junior High School Students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of anti-stigma interventions for reducing mental health stigma in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of a Co-Production with Dialogue Program for Reducing Stigma against Mental Illness: A Quasi-Experimental Study with a Pre- and Post-Test Design.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The effect of a contact-based intervention on attitudes and intended behaviors of nursing students toward people with mental illness: A quasi-experimental study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Anti-stigma training and positive changes in mental illness stigma outcomes in medical students in ten countries: a mediation analysis on pathways via empathy development and anxiety reduction.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
- The factors and outcomes of stigma toward mental disorders among medical and nursing students: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Somatic health care professionals' stigmatization of patients with mental disorder: a scoping review.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to assess whether short video interventions could reduce stigma among nursing students.
methodsA multi-centre, randomised controlled trial was conducted. Participating schools were randomly selected and randomly assigned to receive: (1) an informational leaflet, (2) a short video intervention or (3) a seminar involving direct contact with a service user. The Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) and Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale (RIBS) were selected as primary outcome measures. SPANOVA models were built and Cohen's d calculated to assess the overall effects in each of the trial arms.
resultsCompared to the baseline, effect sizes immediately after the intervention were small in the flyer arm (CAMI: d = 0.25; RIBS: d = 0.07), medium in the seminar arm (CAMI: d = 0.61; RIBS: d = 0.58), and medium in the video arm (CAMI: d = 0.49 RIBS: d = 0.26; n = 237). Effect sizes at the follow-up were vanishing in the flyer arm (CAMI: d = 0.05; RIBS: d = 0.04), medium in the seminar arm (CAMI: d = 0.43; RIBS: d = 0.26; n = 254), and small in the video arm (CAMI: d = 0.22 RIBS: d = 0.21; n = 237).
conclusionSeminar had the strongest and relatively stable effect on students' attitudes and intended behaviour, but the effect of short video interventions was also considerable and stable over time. Since short effective video interventions are relatively cheap, conveniently accessible and easy to disseminate globally, we recommend them for further research and development.
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