Future oriented group training for suicidal patients

ISRCTN	ISRCTN56421759
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN56421759
Protocol serial number	NTR786
Sponsor	Symfora Group (Netherlands)
Funder	The Open Ankh Foundation (Stichting De Open Ankh) (Netherlands)

Submission date: 28/12/2006
Registration date: 28/12/2006
Last edited: 16/08/2010

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr W van Beek
Scientific

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Alkmaar
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Netherlands

Email	w.van.beek.hil@symfora.nl

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised open label active controlled parallel group trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	1. The level of suicide ideation is correlated with a low level of positive future expectancies. 2. Our future oriented training will help people to predict a more positive future. 3. And this will lead to less suicide ideation.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics approval received from the local medical ethics committee
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Suicide
Intervention	We developed a manual-based group training, including elements from: 1. Motivational interviewing 2. Cognitive behavioural therapy 3. Problem solving treatment 4. Future thinking 5. Positive psychology We compared three groups: 1. Treatment As Usual (TAU) 2. TAU and experimental training 3. Non-suicidal control group
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Level of suicide ideations 2. Level of suicidal behaviour
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Depression (BDI-II) 2. Quality of life (Outcome Questionnaire [OQ45]) 3. Coping (Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations [CISS]) 4. Problem solving (Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised [SPSI-R]) 5. Hopelessness (Beck Hopelessness Scale [BHS]) 6. Worrying (Penn State Worry Questionnaire [PSWQ])
Completion date	01/01/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	225
Key inclusion criteria	1. Suicide ideation (Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition [BDI-II], question nine more than zero) 2. Lifetime affective disorder
Key exclusion criteria	1. Primary psychotic disorder 2. Primary substance abuse disorder 3. Current manic state 4. Inability to read or write Dutch 5. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) less than 85
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2007
Date of final enrolment	01/01/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Netherlands

Study participating centre

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Alkmaar
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Netherlands

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	07/10/2009		Yes	No
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes