Get Out of Your Head 2.0: Evaluation of an Online Prevention Campaign and Updated Website for Men

NCT ID: NCT06810674

Last Updated: 2025-02-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

288 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-01

Study Completion Date

2025-12-15

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the perceptions and evaluations of men with suicidal thoughts, regarding the new "Get Out of Your Head" campaign and the updated website. The findings will inform potential adjustments to enhance the campaign and website as needed.

Detailed Description

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In a previous study (BUN: B6702024000090) the authors focused on identifying these barriers and needs among adult men experiencing suicidal thoughts and their healthcare providers. Findings from this needs assessment suggest that men with suicidal ideation often perceive a lower need for help and hold attitudes that inhibit help-seeking and sustained engagement in care. These attitudes appear closely linked to societal gender norms around emotional openness, self-reliance, and the perceived responsibility to provide for a family. Furthermore, men experiencing suicidal thoughts expressed a desire for information on certain topics that may currently be unavailable.

To address these gaps, a new awareness campaign is being developed, alongside updates to the existing "Get out of your head" website (original: www.komuitjekop.be), incorporating necessary information. The campaign and website updates are being shaped through a participatory co-creation process involving men with a history of suicidal thoughts to ensure relevance and leverage their experiential knowledge (BUN: B6702024000420). In this approach, men with lived experience are central to the decisions on the design and content of the tools. Additionally, input from experts in healthcare and masculinity, as well as international research, is being integrated.

Once the campaign is developed and the website (www.komuitjekop.be) is updated, the authors aim to evaluate how these resources are perceived by men with suicidal thoughts to further refine these suicide prevention efforts.

The primary objective of the current study is to evaluate the perceptions and evaluations of men with suicidal thoughts, regarding the new "Get Out of Your Head" campaign and the updated website. The findings will inform potential adjustments to enhance the campaign and website as needed.

Conditions

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Suicide Suicidal Ideation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Get Out of your head campaign and website 2.0

Participants in this group (all participants) are asked to complete a questionnaire (15-20 min). After completing these measures, participants will view the developed campaign materials (visuals) and will be asked to provide feedback. Subsequently, participants will receive a link to the website, along with instructions to review the new content pages. They will have three days to explore the site before receiving an email prompting them to complete the post-test questionnaire (10-15 min), which will take approximately 10-15 minutes. If the post-test is not completed after seven or eight days, a reminder will be sent.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Get out of your head campaign and website 2.0

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Get out of your head campaign and website were launched in 2022 to improve men's mental health and reduce stigma (Stas et al., 2024). Developed with experts, a communication agency, and the target audience, the campaign included videos, testimonies, and a website with tailored information on mental health, suicide prevention, and help-seeking (www.komuitjekop.be).

The new campaign and updated website will focus specifically on facilitating help-seeking behaviour among men experiencing suicidal thoughts by increasing their perceived need for support. More specifically, the new campaign will aim to enhance the recognition of their suffering, the relevance of seeking and receiving help and changing the perception of suicidal thoughts, namely that these are not fixed or part of life, but instead are changeable and can improve with the correct help.

Interventions

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Get out of your head campaign and website 2.0

The Get out of your head campaign and website were launched in 2022 to improve men's mental health and reduce stigma (Stas et al., 2024). Developed with experts, a communication agency, and the target audience, the campaign included videos, testimonies, and a website with tailored information on mental health, suicide prevention, and help-seeking (www.komuitjekop.be).

The new campaign and updated website will focus specifically on facilitating help-seeking behaviour among men experiencing suicidal thoughts by increasing their perceived need for support. More specifically, the new campaign will aim to enhance the recognition of their suffering, the relevance of seeking and receiving help and changing the perception of suicidal thoughts, namely that these are not fixed or part of life, but instead are changeable and can improve with the correct help.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men (≄ 18y/o)
* Experienced suicidal thoughts in the past three year
* Access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer with internet connection
* Proficiency in Dutch
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Ghent

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gwendolyn Portzky, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention (Ghent University)

Locations

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Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention, Ghent University

Ghent, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Central Contacts

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Pauline Stas, MSc

Role: CONTACT

+32 (0)9 332.07.75

Eva De Jaegere, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+32 (0)9 332.07.75

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37842012 (View on PubMed)

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

Watling D, Preece M, Hawgood J, Bloomfield S, Kolves K. Developing an Intervention for Suicide Prevention: A Rapid Review of Lived Experience Involvement. Arch Suicide Res. 2022 Apr-Jun;26(2):465-480. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2020.1833799. Epub 2020 Oct 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33073734 (View on PubMed)

Stas P, De Jaegere E, van Heeringen K, Ballon A, Portzky G. Evaluation of an online suicide prevention campaign targeting men. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2024 Feb;54(1):95-107. doi: 10.1111/sltb.13021. Epub 2023 Nov 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37970735 (View on PubMed)

Renberg ES, Jacobsson L. Development of a questionnaire on attitudes towards suicide (ATTS) and its application in a Swedish population. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2003 Spring;33(1):52-64. doi: 10.1521/suli.33.1.52.22784.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12710540 (View on PubMed)

Mackenzie, C. S., Knox, V. J., Gekoski, W. L., & Macaulay, H. L. (2004). An Adaptation and Extension of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34(11), 2410-2435. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb01984.x

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Fischer, E. H., Farina, A. (1995). Attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help: A shortened form and considerations for research. Journal of College Student Development, 36, 368-373.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Vaux, A. (1985). Factor Structure of the Network Orientation Scale. Psychological Reports, 57(3_suppl), 1181-1182. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3f.1181

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Wilson, C. J., Deane, F. P., Ciarrochi, J. V., & Rickwood, D. (2005). Measuring help seeking intentions: properties of the general help seeking questionnaire.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Tang S, Reily NM, Arena AF, Batterham PJ, Calear AL, Carter GL, Mackinnon AJ, Christensen H. People Who Die by Suicide Without Receiving Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review. Front Public Health. 2022 Jan 18;9:736948. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.736948. eCollection 2021.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35118036 (View on PubMed)

Gisle, L., Drieskens, S., Demarest, S., & van der Heyden, J. (2020). Geestelijke gezondheid: GezondheidsenquĂȘte 2018. www.gezondheidsenquete.be

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

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ONZ-2024-0537

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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