mHealth Intervention, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Prevention
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate user experiences with the online self-help course Think Life, a suicide prevention intervention for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts. Think Life was developed by the Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention (VLESP) and is freely available via Zelfmoord1813.be. The course was originally developed in 2014 and updated in 2025 to improve its look and feel, usability, and inclusiveness, without fundamental changes to its core content. The researchers seek to better understand how users experience the updated version of Think Life, including perceived strengths, usability, and overall satisfaction with the course. Users of the Think Life self-help course will be invited through a call displayed on the course homepage to voluntarily participate in an online user evaluation study. Interested individuals can access an online informed consent form via a public internet link hosted on REDCap. Participants who provide online informed consent and meet the inclusion criteria will automatically be redirected to the online questionnaire, which is also hosted on REDCap. Approximately 1000 participants aged 18 years or older can be included in this study. Participants are invited to complete a one-time online questionnaire with an estimated completion time of approximately 10 minutes.
Interventions
OTHERSelf-help course Think Life
Think Life is an online self-help course for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts, developed by the Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention (VLESP) and offered free of charge via Zelfmoord1813.be. The intervention encompasses six modules, which cover a variety of therapeutic content. Think Life is mainly based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). Additionally, it includes elements from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Problem Solving Therapy (PST), and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Compared to the original self-help intervention, Think Life constitutes of more CBT elements and less MBCT exercises.The course was originally developed in 2014 and updated in 2025, primarily to improve its look and feel, usability, and inclusiveness, without fundamental changes to its core content.
Sponsors
University Ghent
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* age: 18 years or older * user of the online self-help course Think Life
Exclusion criteria
* not meeting the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| User evaluation | Baseline. Completing the questionnaire will take about 10 minutes. | self-developed questionnaire: 14 statements to be rated from totally disagree to totally agree (of 'I don't know') on general satisfaction (3 statements), usability (3 statements), content (8 statements) and open text fields for additional explanation; 4 open questions (positives, negatives, suggestions for improvement and other remarks) |
Countries
Belgium
Contacts
CONTACTEva De Jaegere, PhD
CONTACTPauline Stas, MSc
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORGwendolyn Portzky, PhD
Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention (Ghent University)
Outcome results
None listed