How can we better prevent railway suicide in the Netherlands? An in-depth study of risk locations, precipitating factors and personal risk factors.

How can we better prevent railway suicide in the Netherlands? An in-depth study of risk locations, precipitating factors and personal risk factors. - Railway suicides in the Netherlands

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON51991

Enrollment

150

Registered

2021-05-26

Start date

2021-05-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

death by suicide Fatal suicide

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Individuals aged 18 years or older. Parents, children, friends, relatives and other direct bereaved of an individual who died by railway suicide from January 2017 and on. Secondary informants are individuals aged 18 or older who have had intensive contact with the deceased in the last month alive, and can for example be relatives, friends or colleagues.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - People reporting suicide ideation. This is measured using the Suicidal Ideation Attribute Scale (SIDAS), where people with a score of 21 or higher on the SIDAS scale are excluded from the study. - People reporting clear symptoms of persistent grief, as measured by the Traumatic Grief Inventory (TGI-SR), a questionnaire for symptoms of persistent grief. People scoring 61 or higher are excluded. - People living outside of the Netherlands. - People who do not speak Dutch

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary study parameters are the location of railway suicides, preparations for suicide, precipitating factors and personal risk factors. Secondary parameters are demographic variables, the circumstances of death, history of suicidal behaviours of the victim and within the family, healthcare at time of death, psychiatric history, physical problems, work- or school-related problems, trauma and adverse life events, social networks, social media use, sexual orientation, gender identity and migration background.	—

Measure

Time frame

Primary study parameters are the location of railway suicides, preparations for suicide, precipitating factors and personal risk factors. Secondary parameters are demographic variables, the circumstances of death, history of suicidal behaviours of the victim and within the family, healthcare at time of death, psychiatric history, physical problems, work- or school-related problems, trauma and adverse life events, social networks, social media use, sexual orientation, gender identity and migration background.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Niet van toepassing.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results