To formulate recommendations in providing mental health care to persistent suicidal adolescents with severe comorbid problems based on expert and experiential knowledge.
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Brief title
Condition
- Suicidal and self-injurious behaviours NEC
Synonym
Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
A list of recommendations for which 'consensus in' is reached.
Secondary outcome
N.a.
Background summary
A psychological autopsy study (Mérelle et al., 2020) demonstrates a subgroup of
female adolescents with persistent suicidal behavior and severe internalizing
problems, wherefore knowledge about effective treatment for enhancing recovery
and safety is lacking. Van de Koppel et al. (2022) propose recommendations in
their opinion paper. However, these recommendations are merely based on the
auteurs clinical expertise.
Study objective
To formulate recommendations in providing mental health care to persistent
suicidal adolescents with severe comorbid problems based on expert and
experiential knowledge.
Study design
A Delphi study. Three groups of (experiantial) experts will complete three
questionnaires. Questionnaire 1 includes mostly open ended questions in which
the vision, opinion and experience of the individual experts about providing
mental health care to persistent suicidal adolescents plays a central role. In
questionnaire 2, all input from questionnaire 1 is coded and conceptualized to
a list of recommendations. The experts will rate these recommendations on
relevance and feasability on a 9-point Likert Scale. The goal is to reach
consensus on the recommendations. 'Consensus in' is reached if the
recommendation is rated 7-9 by at least 50% of the experts and 1-3 by less than
15% of the participants. Recommendations will be excluded (*consensus out*) if
both domains are rated 1-3 by at least 70% of participants and 7-9 by less than
15% of participants (Diamond et al., 2014). All other items will be re-rated in
questionnaire 3.
Study burden and risks
The first potential burden for participants is that they are asked to
participate in data collection by completing three online questionnaires.
Questionnaire 1 will take approximately 60 minutes to complete and
questionnaire 2 en 3 approximately 30 minutes. A second potential burden is
that the questionnaire contains retrospective questions about the participants'
experience of a period in their lifes where they or their child were/was
suffering from persistent suicidal behavior and/or thoughts. This can be
somewhat distressing. To our knowledge their are no risks in participating in
this study. There are also no direct benefits for participants. However,
participants will be given the oppurtunity to express their opinion based on
their own experience and therefore contribute to more knowledge about providing
mental health care for persistent suicidal adolescents.
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Oss 5432JW
NL
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Inclusion criteria
Three groups of Dutch-speaking experts will be asked to participate in the
Delphi study:
1. Clinical/scientific experts have to meet the following criteria (20
participants):
o A postgraduate diploma (in a related sector) with a minimum of 3 year working
experience
o Working with adolescents at least 16 hours a week
o Familiar and working with the defined group
2. Experiential young adult experts have to meet the following criteria (10
participants):
o Aged 18 to 30 years
o Persistent suicidality with repeated suicidal behavior in (partial) remission
o Who can or could identify themselves with the defined group
3. Experiential caregiver experts have to meet the following criteria (10
participants):
o Caregiver of a child (formerly) familiar with persistent suicidality
o Caregiver of a child (formerly) fitting the description of the defined group
Exclusion criteria
1. Clinical/scientific experts:
o N.a.
2. Experiential young adult experts:
o Suicidal behavior in the past 6 months
3. Experiential caregiver experts:
o Suicidal behavior by their child in the past 6 months
Design
Recruitment
Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration
No registrations found.
Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
No registrations found.
In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL84916.091.23 |