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The Impact of Suicide Prevention Messages in Newspaper Articles: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial

The Impact of Suicide Prevention Messages in Newspaper Articles: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00028030
Enrollment
315
Registered
2022-03-30
Start date
2022-03-29
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Suicidal ideation measured by Subscale "Survival and Coping beliefs" (Reasons for Living Inventory) R45

Interventions

Group 1: Participants read an article with an interview of an expert focusing on the prevalence of suicide and suicidal behavior in Austria. Prior to the intervention, socio-demographic data and data

Sponsors

Medizinische Universität Wien
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 18 years and over

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: did not read the patient information, under the age of 18, already took part in this survey, did not agree to take part in this survey

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Suicidality measured with the subscale ‚Survival and Coping Beliefs‘ (Reasons for Living Inventory) after the intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
current mood (Befindlichkeitsfragebogen Subskala gedrückte vs. gehobene Stimmung, after intervention), Helpseeking (General Helpseeking Questionnaire, after intervention), stigmatised attitude towards suicidal individuals (subscale Stigma of the short form of the Stigma of Suicide Scale, after intervention), attitude towards suicide prevention (Policy attitudes toward suicide prevention scale, after intervention), word association (Freie Textassoziation, after intervention), assumptions on the prevalence of suicide (4 items, after intervention), priming (Wortergänzungstest, after intervention)

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactPascal Rothauer

Medizinische Universität Wien

n11813082@students.meduniwien.ac.at069910543031

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026