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Table 5 Changes in confidence and help provided to others

From: Mental health first aid training for the public: evaluation of effects on knowledge, attitudes and helping behavior

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

  1. 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