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Effects of News Articles about Assisted Suicide and the Different Types of Expert Reactions

Effects of News Articles about Assisted Suicide and the Different Types of Expert Reactions

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00039105
Enrollment
650
Registered
2026-07-06
Start date
2026-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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

Conditions

Acceptance of / agreement with assisted suicide (measured using selected items from the Euthanasia Questionnaire)

Interventions

Group 1: Participants read a newspaper article reporting on a case of assisted suicide that is not consistent with current media recommendations, followed by a statement from a professional associatio

Sponsors

Medizinische Universität Wien
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Sufficient German language skills

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Insufficient German language skills

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Acceptance of / agreement with assisted suicide (measured using selected items from the Euthanasia Questionnaire); single assessment; duration of data collection for the primary endpoint: approximately 1 minute; total duration of data collection per participant: 20–25 minutes.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Attitudes toward suicide (measured with the General Attitudes Toward Suicide Scale), attitudes toward suicide prevention (measured with the Policy Attitudes Toward Suicide Prevention Scale), attitudes toward palliative care (measured with the Cognitive Subscale of the Palliative Care Attitudes Scale), attitudes toward suicide among individuals suffering from incurable diseases (measured with the Attitudes Toward Suicide of Individuals Suffering from Incurable Diseases Scale), stigmatizing attitudes toward older people (measured with the Ambivalent Ageism Scale), hopelessness (measured with the short form of the Beck Hopelessness Scale), reactance toward the statement (measured with a reactance questionnaire), and priming / framing effects (measured using word completion tasks); duration of data collection for secondary endpoints: approximately 10 minutes; total duration of data collection per participant: 20–25 minutes.

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactBenedikt Till

Medizinische Universität Wien

benedikt.till@meduniwien.ac.at+4314016034615

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026