Tool for Sibling and Children of Someone With Suicidal Thoughts

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Suicide
• Interventions: Behavioral: Website (www.mee-leven.be)

• Registration Number: NCT06100575
• Lead Sponsor: University Ghent

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate to what extent a website developed for siblings and children (16-25 years old) of someone with suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors is effective in improving perceived pressure, knowledge, attitudes, self-confidence and hopelessness. Moreover, it aims to examine how participants evaluate the website.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-10-16
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-25
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-24
• Study Completion: 2024-01-29
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• Siblings and children of someone who has suicidal thoughts and/or behavior
• 16-25 years old
• Have access to internet
• Speak Dutch

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Website (www.mee-leven.be)	Website (www.mee-leven.be)	Participants in this group (all participants) are asked to complete a questionnaire and then receive access to the website during three days, after which they were asked to complete another questionnaire.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in self-efficacy: Gatekeeper Self-Efficacy Scale (Takahashi et al., 2020)	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after 3 days of access to website)	The Gatekeeper Self-Efficacy Scale is a 9-item self-report scale to be scored on a 7-point Likert scale (1= not at all to 5 = Extremely) to measure participants' self efficacy in dealing with suicidal individuals. Higher scores indicate higher self-efficacy.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in perceived pressure: Perceived pressure informal care ('Ervaren druk informele zorg', Pot et al., 1995)	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after 3 days of access to website)	The Perceived pressure informal care ('Ervaren druk informele zorg', Pot et al., 1995) scale is a 9-item self-report scale. Participants rate items to be applicable to them with the options: 'No!', 'No', 'More or less', 'Yes', 'Yes!', where 'No' and 'No!' are scored as 0 and the other options as 1. Total scores of 0-3 indicate little pressure, 4-6 moderate and 7-9 a lot.
Changes in attitudes: 5 subscales of Attitudes Towards Suicide Scale (Rensberg & Jacobson, 2003; De Clerck et al., 2006)	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after 3 days of access to website)	The ATTS is a 37-item to be scored on a 5-point Likert scale (1= disagree completely to 5 = agree completely) to measure participants' attitudes towards suicide. The included subscales in this study are: incomprehensibility, non-communication, preventability, tabooing, preparedness to prevent
Evaluation of the website	post-test (after 3 days of access to website)	18 statements about the content, structure and effect of the website to be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1= strongly disagree, 5= strongly agree) 4 open questions: "Which part of the website benefited you the most and why?"; "Which part of the website benefited you the least and why?"; "What can be improved on the website?" "Would you like to say anything else about the website?" Participants were asked to rate the website on a scale of 1-10
Changes in hopelessness: Beck Hopelessness Scale (4-item version; Beck et al., 1974; Aish & Wasserman, 2001) and self-developed questionnaire	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after 3 days of access to website)	The BHS A 4-item self-report questionnaire to measure hopelessness in adolescents and adults. Each item is rated as 'true' (score = 1) or 'false' (score = 0) for them over the past week, resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating higher levels of hopelessness.; Self-developed questionnaire: 4-item self-report questionnaire to measure hopelessness in relation to the loved one, based on the BHS 4-item version. Each item is rated as 'true' (score = 1) or 'false' (score = 0) for them over the past week, resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating higher levels of hopelessness in relation to the loved one.
Changes in self-care and awareness	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after 3 days of access to website)	Self-developed questionnaire consisting of 5 statements to be rated on a 5-point Likert scale, with 1=strongly disagree and 5=strongly agree. Higher scores indicate higher levels of self-care and awareness.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention, Ghent University; 🇧🇪 Ghent, Belgium