Autism, Suicide Prevention
Conditions
Keywords
educational intervention, pilot test
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to pilot test a new educational intervention for organization members focused on suicide prevention for autistic people. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does participating in the intervention increase participants' knowledge, skills, and actions to support suicide prevention for autistic people? * What feedback do participants have to help improve the intervention? Participants will: * engage in a four-part virtual educational intervention * answer questions via online survey before, after, and 3-months after the intervention * participate in an optional interview to provide feedback
Detailed description
This study will pilot test a new four-part virtual educational intervention called Forming Love around Autistic People to Prevent Suicide (FLAPS). Participants will be active members of an organization (e.g., paid employee, volunteer, stakeholder) whose work impacts autistic people. They will participate in four virtual educational sessions led by trained facilitators. The educational intervention will provide current research evidence and community-informed information about suicide risk and prevention, and engage participants in active discussions to expand their knowledge and skills as well as to promote action planning to support suicide prevention for autistic people in their community. Participants will provide demographic and descriptive information and complete the Steps Toward Prevention (Autism Community Suicide Prevention) measure at three time-points (Pre-intervention, post-intervention \[approximately 2 months after baseline\], and 3-months after intervention). The Steps Toward Prevention (Autism Community Suicide Prevention) measure will assess participants' knowledge, skills, and actions to support suicide prevention for autistic people. They will also be provided an option to complete a short interview to provide feedback about the FLAPS intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALForming Love around Autistic People to Prevent Suicide
Four-part virtual educational intervention
Sponsors
University of Utah
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Initial pre-post pilot test
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Active member of an organization whose work impacts autistic people * Age 18+ * Fluent English language to participate in virtual educational intervention
Exclusion criteria
* No access to an internet-connected device * Unable to participate in a virtual educational intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Steps Toward Prevention - Autism Community Suicide Prevention: Knowledge & Capacity | Pre-intervention, post-intervention (approximately 2 months after baseline), and 3-months after intervention | Self-report measure of knowledge, skills, and actions to support suicide prevention for autistic people. This reported data is for the Knowledge \& Capacity scale of the Steps Toward Prevention - Autism Community Suicide Prevention measure. This scale inquires about how true eight statements are for the respondent currently on a 5-point scale (Definitely not true - Definitely true). Scores are averaged across the items (1-5 possible range). Higher numbers indicate greater knowledge and capacity for suicide prevention. |
| Steps Toward Prevention - Autism Community Suicide Prevention: Actions | Pre-intervention, post-intervention (approximately 2 months after baseline), and 3-months after intervention | Self-report measure of knowledge, skills, and actions to support suicide prevention for autistic people. This reported data is for the Actions scale of the Steps Toward Prevention - Autism Community Suicide Prevention measure. This inquires about how often the respondent has done twelve types of actions in the past month on a 5-point scale (Never - More than once a week). Scores are averaged across the items (1-5 possible range). Higher numbers indicate greater engagement in actions for suicide prevention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Qualitative Interview | Post intervention (approximately 2 months after baseline) | Open-ended interview questions to understand additional outcomes that participants experienced that they attribute to the intervention. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAnne V Kirby, PhD
University of Utah
Baseline characteristics
| Characteristic | — |
|---|---|
| Age, Customized Age 18-29 years | 8 Participants |
| Age, Customized Age 30-39 years | 17 Participants |
| Age, Customized Age 40-49 years | 14 Participants |
| Age, Customized Age 50-59 years | 8 Participants |
| Age, Customized Age 60+ years | 4 Participants |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Hispanic or Latino | 14 Participants |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Not Hispanic or Latino | 35 Participants |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported | 2 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) AA | 1 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) AB | 2 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) AC | 9 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) AD | 6 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) AE | 4 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) BA | 5 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) BB | 1 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) BC | 2 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) BD | 1 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) CA | 15 Participants |
| Organization (anonymized) CB | 5 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Asian | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Black or African American | 3 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) More than one race | 1 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported | 2 Participants |
| Race (NIH/OMB) White | 45 Participants |
| Sex/Gender, Customized Sex Female | 40 Participants |
| Sex/Gender, Customized Sex Male | 8 Participants |
| Sex/Gender, Customized Sex Other/Choose not to respond | 3 Participants |
Adverse events
| Event type | EG000 affected / at risk |
|---|---|
| deaths Total, all-cause mortality | 0 / 0 |
| other Total, other adverse events | 0 / 0 |
| serious Total, serious adverse events | 0 / 0 |
Outcome results
None listed