Suicide in People Aged 45-60: A Case-control Psychological Autopsy Study

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Suicide

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03703128

B670201836751

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to learn about the possible causes of the negative trend in suicide rates in both males and females aged 45-60 in Flanders, Belgium. This will be carried out using a psychological autopsy study.

Full description

A case-control psychological autopsy study will be carried out to identify what risk factors are related to suicide in people aged 45-60. People close to the person who died by suicide (next of kin or close friends) will be interviewed. To increase the validity of our findings, a control group will also be interviewed. The control group will be someone who is very close to someone with mental health problems.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• close to suicide victim or person who has mental health problems
• suicide victim or person with mental health problems was/is 45-60 years old
• the suicide happened more than 3 months and less than 5 years ago

Exclusion criteria

• not Dutch-speaking

Trial design

97 participants in 2 patient groups

Informants of suicide victims

Description:

Partners, children, parents, siblings, other relatives, peers or other informants of adults (aged 45-60 years) who received a definitive verdict of suicide in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium (Flanders). The suicide should have taken place more than 3 months ago and less than 5 years ago.

Control group

Description:

Informants i.e., partners, children, parents, siblings, other relatives, peers or other informants of adults (aged 45-60 years) who have mental health problems.