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NCT Number: NCT05530941

Online Suicide Prevention Campaign Aimed at Men

This study aims to examine whether the online suicide prevention campaign for men could increase openness about emotions and help-seeking behavior, and decrease hopelessness and adherence to traditional gender norms concerning self-reliance among men. The effectiveness of the campaign will be evaluated in adult men using a pre-post questionnaire study design.

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Key information

Conditions

Help-Seeking Behavior Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Self-Injurious Behavior Social Behavior Suicide

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention, Ghent University

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Gender identity: male
  • ≥ 18 years old
  • Have access to internet and a computer/tablet/smartphone
  • Speak Dutch

Exclusion criteria

  • Gender identity: female or other
  • < 18 years old
  • No acces to internet and a computer/tablet/smartphone
  • Non-Dutch speaking

Treatment and study plan

Online suicide prevention campaign

Behavioral

The online prevention campaign consists of two campaign videos, a website with information about suicide prevention and mental health tailored to men, and testimonials of men who struggled with their mental health.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in self-reliance: self-reliance factor of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory (CMNI)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after three days of access to the campaign)

    The CMNI is a 22 item scale to measure adherence to traditional Western masculine norms and values across 11 domains. The self-reliance scale consists of 5 items measured on a 4-point Likert scale (1= strongly disagree to 4= strongly agree).

  2. Change in Help-seeking behaviour: General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after three days of access to the campaign)

    The GHSQ measures two aspects of help-seeking, namely when facing personal or emotional problems and when facing suicidal ideation. For each aspect participants indicate how likely (1= extremely unlikely, 7= extremely likely) it is that they would seek help from different kind of sources (10 types).

  3. Change in Openness about emotions: scales "Communication and Expression of Emotions" and "Normative Restrictions of Affectivity" of the Dimensions of Openness to Emotions (DOE)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after three days of access to the campaign)

    The Dimensions of Openness to Emotions is a 36 item questionnaire measuring emotional openness.

    The "Communication and Expression of Emotions" and "Normative Restrictions of Affectivity" consist of, respectively, 7 and 5 items to be scored on a 5-point Likert scale (0=not at all, 4= completely)

  4. Change in Hopelessness: Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), 4-item version

    Time frame: Change from Baseline (before intervention) to post-test (after three days of access to the campaign)

    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.

Other outcomes

  1. General distress: Kessler 10

    Time frame: Baseline (before intervention)

    A 10-item questionnaire measuring distress. Each item is scored on a 5-point Likert (1=never, 5=always)

  2. Suicidal ideation and behaviour: Suicidal ideation Attributes Scale & two general questions

    Time frame: Baseline (before intervention)

    A 5-item questionnaire to measure presence of suicidal thoughts and the severity of these thoughts. Each item is scored on a 11-point Likert scale.

    Participants were asked whether they ever had had suicidal thoughts (if yes, in the last 12 months?) and whether they ever (if yes, in the last 12 months?) had attempted suicide.

  3. Campaign evaluation

    Time frame: post-test (after three days of access to the campaign)

    14 evaluative statements about the general campaign and specific aspects of the campaign to be rated on a 5-point Likert scale (Totally disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, totally disagree). Additionally three open questions where participants can give feedback about what they liked/did not like/ general comments.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Ghent

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of an Online Suicide Prevention Campaign Aimed at Men to Promote Help-seeking and Peer Support

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Sep 7, 2022
Registry last updated
Sep 7, 2022

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