Think Life, an Online Self-help Intervention for Coping With Suicidal Ideation

NCT ID: NCT03209544

Last Updated: 2017-07-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 724 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-04-23
• Study Completion Date: 2016-02-24

Brief Summary

The objective of the Think Life study is to test the effect of an online, unguided self-help intervention, i.e. Think Life. The primary hypothesis is that Think Life will reduce suicidal ideation. The secondary hypothesis is that Think Life will lead to improvements in depressive symptoms, hopelessness, rumination, and anxiety. Positive changes are expected after completing Think Life and at follow-up, twelve weeks after baseline.

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT

Study Groups

Intervention group

The intervention group gains access to Think Life, an online self-help intervention. During 6 weeks they receive a new module on a weekly basis.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Online self-help intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The intervention was originally developed by van Spijker, van Straten, and Kerkhof (2010). For this study, it was adapted to the Flemish context and called Think Life. Think Life is mainly based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). Additionally, it encompasses elements from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Problem Solving Therapy (PST), and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). It encompasses six modules and every module starts with a psycho-educational section followed by a weekly assignment, core exercises and optional exercises. The participant weekly receives access to a new module. A more detailed description of the intervention is described elsewhere (Kerkhof, van Spijker, \& Mokkenstorm, 2013; van Spijker et al., 2010; van Spijker, van Straten, et al., 2014).

Control group

Waitlist control group. They receive access to Think Life after 12 weeks.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Online self-help intervention

The intervention was originally developed by van Spijker, van Straten, and Kerkhof (2010). For this study, it was adapted to the Flemish context and called Think Life. Think Life is mainly based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). Additionally, it encompasses elements from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Problem Solving Therapy (PST), and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). It encompasses six modules and every module starts with a psycho-educational section followed by a weekly assignment, core exercises and optional exercises. The participant weekly receives access to a new module. A more detailed description of the intervention is described elsewhere (Kerkhof, van Spijker, \& Mokkenstorm, 2013; van Spijker et al., 2010; van Spijker, van Straten, et al., 2014).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Think Life

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years or older
• Have internet access and an e-mail account

Exclusion Criteria

• No suicidal thoughts (i.e. baseline score on Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation = 0)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

VU University of Amsterdam

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University Ghent

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Kees van Heeringen, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ghent Univeristy - Flemish Centre for Expertise in Suicide Prevention

Other Identifiers

2014/1050

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id