Needs Assessment Among Carers of Someone With Suicidal Thoughts
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Suicide Prevention
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
- Enrollment
- 2255
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Background information: information on the participant
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
With this study the investigators would like to gain insight into the experienced needs carers of individuals with suicidal thoughts, who attempted suicide or who died by suicide. By carers the investigators mean everyone who knows/knew someone close to them who is thinking about suicide, attempted suicide or died by suicide. By mapping out these needs, the investigators hope to better support carers and develop/improve initiatives and tools.
The investigators examine this by means of an online one-time questionnaire. In this questionnaire the investigators ask the participants questions about what it is like to be a carer and what are some of the experienced needs, as well as experiences with existing initiatives/tools.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •16 years or older
- •Someone close to them has experienced suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide or died by suicide in the past three years
- •Access to internet
- •Understand sufficient Dutch (to complete the questionnaire)
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Background information: information on the participant
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
Personal information (self-developed questionnaire): age, gender identity, education, cultural background, work status, recruitment type
Background information: information on the suicidal person
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
Information on the suicidal person (self-developed questionnaire): relationship with the person, age, gender identity, suicidality, degree of contact
Experienced burden: suicidality
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
based on national health survey (Sciensano, 2018)
Experienced burden when supporting the individual with suicdial thoughts
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
Zarit Caregiver Burden 4-item questionnaire (Zarit et al., 1985; Higginson et al., 2010)
Experienced burden: psychological stress
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale , 6-item (Kessler et al., 2002, 2003)
Experienced needs
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
Self-developed questionnaire examining the need for information, need for support and needs with regards to health care
Experience with existing initiatives and tools
Time Frame: Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes
Self-developed questionnaire about the experience of participants with existing initiatives and tools