Evaluation of a Gatekeeper Training for Pharmacists

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Suicide
• Interventions: Behavioral: Gatekeeper training (e-learning)

• Registration Number: NCT05991635
• Lead Sponsor: University Ghent

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate to what extent a gatekeeper training (e-learning) for pharmacists and PTA is effective in changing the attitudes, knowledge, and self-efficacy. Moreover, it aims to examine how they evaluate the training and whether they were able to apply the learned skills in practice.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-04-12
• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-07
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-14
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-11
• Study Completion: 2024-01-11
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 201

Inclusion Criteria

• ≥ 18 years old
• Have access to internet
• Speak Dutch
• Working as a (public) pharmacist or pharmaceutical technical assistant (FTA)

Exclusion Criteria

• Hospital pharmacists or industrial pharmacists are not included in this study and thus constitute an exclusion criterion.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Gatekeeper training (e-learning)	Participants in this group (all participants) are asked to complete a questionnaire and then receive access to the online gatekeeper training (e-learning) during three days, after which they were asked to complete another questionnaire. After three months, a third questionnaire is sent.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in attitudes: Attitudes Towards Suicide Scale (ATTS)	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after a week of access to e-learning)	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in perceptions/myths	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after a week of access to e-learning)	Self-developped questionnaire: 4 statements to be rated as true or false; 2 question about how participant would feel if a patient said they have suicidal thouhgts
Gatekeeper training evaluation	Post-test (after a week of access to e-learning)	8 evaluative statements about the e-learning to be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (Totally disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, totally disagree).; Question to rate the e-learning on a scale of 1 (not good at all) to 10 (excellent) Additionally three open questions where participants can give feedback about what they liked/did not like/ general comments.
Changes in self-efficacy: Measurement of Perceived Self-efficacy	Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after a week of access to e-learning)	The Measurement of Perceived Self-efficacy is a 10-item self-report questionnaire to be scored on a 4-point Likert scale (1= Completely false to 4 = completely true)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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