Evaluation of E-learning on Suicide Prevention for Professionals in a Detention Context

University Ghent

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Suicide Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: E-learning

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07080736

ONZ-2025-0183

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate to what extent a gatekeeper training (e-learning) for people working in prison is applicable in their daily practice.

Moreover the study wants to investigate the impact of the e-learning on the knowledge, the attitudes and perceptions of the people working in prison on suiicide (prevention) as well as their feeling of self-efficacy in dealing with people in prison suffering from suicidal ideation of behavior.

Enrollment: 1,300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

≥ 18 years old Have access to internet Speak Dutch Working within a penitentiary institution, in particular in the establishments in Ypres, Merksplas, Bruges and Mechelen.

Exclusion criteria

Staff of prisons not working in participating institutions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,300 participants in 1 patient group

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Once participants have given their consent online, they receive the first questionnaire. Once this questionnaire is completed, a link to the e-learning is provided. Participants then receive an invitation to complete the post-test. The measurements thus take place just before getting the formation (pretest) and after the formation (post-test). After three days, participants receive a reminder e-mail to complete the post-measurement which they can ignore if they have already completed it.

Treatment:

Behavioral: E-learning