Informal Caregivers, Suicide Prevention
Conditions
Keywords
needs assessment, informal caregivers, suicide
Brief summary
With this study the investigators would like to gain insight into the experienced needs carers of individuals with suicidal thoughts, who attempted suicide or who died by suicide. By carers the investigators mean everyone who knows/knew someone close to them who is thinking about suicide, attempted suicide or died by suicide. By mapping out these needs, the investigators hope to better support carers and develop/improve initiatives and tools. The investigators examine this by means of an online one-time questionnaire. In this questionnaire the investigators ask the participants questions about what it is like to be a carer and what are some of the experienced needs, as well as experiences with existing initiatives/tools.
Interventions
OTHERNo intervention (observational study)
No intervention (observational study)
Sponsors
University Ghent
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 16 years or older * Someone close to them has experienced suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide or died by suicide in the past three years * Access to internet * Understand sufficient Dutch (to complete the questionnaire)
Exclusion criteria
* /
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Background information: information on the participant | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | Personal information (self-developed questionnaire): age, gender identity, education, cultural background, work status, recruitment type |
| Background information: information on the suicidal person | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | Information on the suicidal person (self-developed questionnaire): relationship with the person, age, gender identity, suicidality, degree of contact |
| Experienced burden: suicidality | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | based on national health survey (Sciensano, 2018) |
| Experienced burden when supporting the individual with suicdial thoughts | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | self-developed questionnaire on the role of the carer and current degree of care |
| Experienced burden: psychological stress | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale , 6-item (Kessler et al., 2002, 2003) |
| Experienced needs | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | Self-developed questionnaire examining the need for information, need for support and needs with regards to health care |
| Experience with existing initiatives and tools | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 15-20 minutes | Self-developed questionnaire about the experience of participants with existing initiatives and tools |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed