
The online treatment of suicidal ideation : a randomised controlled trial of an unguided web-based intervention
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- Eva De Jaegere (UGent) , Renate van Landschoot (UGent) , Cornelis Van Heeringen (UGent) , Bregje AJ van Spijker, Ad JFM Kerkhof, Jan K Mokkenstorm and Gwendolyn Portzky (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Suicide is a major public health issue, and treatment of suicidal thoughts may contribute to its prevention. Provision of online treatment of suicidal ideation may reduce barriers that suicidal individuals experience in face-to-face treatment. We therefore aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a web-based intervention targeting a reduction of suicidal ideation. We carried out a two-arm, parallel-design, randomised controlled trial in the general population in Flanders (Belgium) (registered as NCT03209544). Participants who were 18 years or older and experienced suicidal ideation were included. The intervention group (n = 365) received access to the unguided web-based intervention, and the control group (n = 359) was placed on a waitlist. Assessments were carried out at baseline and at 6 and 12 weeks. Participants reported high levels of suicidal ideation, depression, hopelessness, worrying, and anxiety at baseline. Compared to the control group, participants in the intervention group experienced a significant decline in suicidal ideation, depression, hopelessness, worrying, and anxiety both at post-test and at follow-up. An important limitation of the study was a high dropout rate, in particular in the intervention group. Our findings suggest that the online self-help intervention was more effective in reducing suicidal ideation and suicide-related symptoms than a waitlist control in a severely affected population. It can help in filling the gap between crisis help and face-to-face treatment.
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- Suicide, Suicidal ideation, Randomised controlled trial, Online therapy, Self-help, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, HOSPITAL ANXIETY, PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS, DEPRESSION SCALE, CLINICAL-TRIAL, HELP-SEEKING, INTERNET, VALIDATION, PREVENTION, VALIDITY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8629132
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- De Jaegere, Eva, et al. “The Online Treatment of Suicidal Ideation : A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Unguided Web-Based Intervention.” BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY, vol. 119, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.brat.2019.05.003.
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- De Jaegere, E., van Landschoot, R., Van Heeringen, C., van Spijker, B. A., Kerkhof, A. J., Mokkenstorm, J. K., & Portzky, G. (2019). The online treatment of suicidal ideation : a randomised controlled trial of an unguided web-based intervention. BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY, 119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.05.003
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- De Jaegere, Eva, Renate van Landschoot, Cornelis Van Heeringen, Bregje AJ van Spijker, Ad JFM Kerkhof, Jan K Mokkenstorm, and Gwendolyn Portzky. 2019. “The Online Treatment of Suicidal Ideation : A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Unguided Web-Based Intervention.” BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY 119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.05.003.
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- De Jaegere, Eva, Renate van Landschoot, Cornelis Van Heeringen, Bregje AJ van Spijker, Ad JFM Kerkhof, Jan K Mokkenstorm, and Gwendolyn Portzky. 2019. “The Online Treatment of Suicidal Ideation : A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Unguided Web-Based Intervention.” BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY 119. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2019.05.003.
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- 1.De Jaegere E, van Landschoot R, Van Heeringen C, van Spijker BA, Kerkhof AJ, Mokkenstorm JK, et al. The online treatment of suicidal ideation : a randomised controlled trial of an unguided web-based intervention. BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2019;119.
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- [1]E. De Jaegere et al., “The online treatment of suicidal ideation : a randomised controlled trial of an unguided web-based intervention,” BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY, vol. 119, 2019.
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