This project, and the original larger study from which data for men was drawn,
was approved by Flinders University Human Research Ethics Committee (No.
5129).
The study involved a secondary analysis of data collected by a national survey
(Kaine & Lawn,
2021 ) conducted by Lived Experience Australia (LEA), which is an
Australian national mental health consumer and carer advocacy organization
(https://www.livedexperienceaustralia.com.au/ ). The objective of
the survey was to gain a better understanding of Australian mental health
consumers’ and family carers’ experiences of engagement and disengagement with
mental health care services.
The anonymous survey was sent out electronically via SurveyMonkey to LEA’s email
list of more than 2,000 “friends,” with the survey link also distributed
voluntarily by other collaborative mental health consumer and carer advocacy
peaks and organizations at state and national level. The survey was open for 3
weeks and 535 individuals commenced the survey (404 identified as consumers and
131 identified as family carers). Participants could elect not to answer
questions and their consent to participant was provided electronically via the
online site through their commencement of the survey. While 404 consumers
commenced the survey, with a mean average completion rate of 99% for the eight
upfront demographic questions, fewer (n = 285) commenced
questions in the main section of the survey and went on to answer the 23
questions in that section, with a mean average completion rate of 84.3% (range =
63.2–100%). Within this larger sample, there were a total of 73 male consumers
who participated in the survey.
The survey contained 42 questions applicable for consumers, consisting of both
quantitative and qualitative questions (seeBox 1 ). In all questions in the main
section of the survey, participants could provide detailed qualitative comments
to expand on their responses. Responses to Questions 35 to 42 were excluded from
this analysis as the nature of the questions was more focused on accessibility
to private mental health services. This article focuses on report of men’s
qualitative responses.
was approved by Flinders University Human Research Ethics Committee (No.
5129).
The study involved a secondary analysis of data collected by a national survey
(
2021
Australian national mental health consumer and carer advocacy organization
(
the survey was to gain a better understanding of Australian mental health
consumers’ and family carers’ experiences of engagement and disengagement with
mental health care services.
The anonymous survey was sent out electronically via SurveyMonkey to LEA’s email
list of more than 2,000 “friends,” with the survey link also distributed
voluntarily by other collaborative mental health consumer and carer advocacy
peaks and organizations at state and national level. The survey was open for 3
weeks and 535 individuals commenced the survey (404 identified as consumers and
131 identified as family carers). Participants could elect not to answer
questions and their consent to participant was provided electronically via the
online site through their commencement of the survey. While 404 consumers
commenced the survey, with a mean average completion rate of 99% for the eight
upfront demographic questions, fewer (n = 285) commenced
questions in the main section of the survey and went on to answer the 23
questions in that section, with a mean average completion rate of 84.3% (range =
63.2–100%). Within this larger sample, there were a total of 73 male consumers
who participated in the survey.
The survey contained 42 questions applicable for consumers, consisting of both
quantitative and qualitative questions (see
section of the survey, participants could provide detailed qualitative comments
to expand on their responses. Responses to Questions 35 to 42 were excluded from
this analysis as the nature of the questions was more focused on accessibility
to private mental health services. This article focuses on report of men’s
qualitative responses.
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