An evaluation trial of ‘iConsiderLife’: A self-help, crisis and suicide prevention decision-support program to assist in reducing distress in adults.

• Register: ANZCTR
• Last refreshed on: 9 August 2022
• Main ID: ACTRN12617000577314
• Date of registration: 24/04/2017
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Federation University
• Public title: An evaluation trial of ‘iConsiderLife’: A self-help, crisis and suicide prevention decision-support program to assist in reducing distress in adults.
• Scientific title: An evaluation trial of ‘iConsiderLife’: An automated (self-help), crisis and suicide prevention decision-support digital health program, to assist in reducing self-reported psychological distress ratings in adults.
• Date of first enrolment: 11/05/2017
• Target sample size: 312
• Recruitment status: Stopped early
• URL: https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12617000577314.aspx
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Purpose: Prevention; Allocation: Non-randomised trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);Assignment: Single group;Type of endpoint: Efficacy;
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States of America

Contacts

• Name: Prof Britt Klein

• Name: Prof Britt Klein

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants must be 18 years or older.

iConsiderLife has been developed for adults who are currently distressed or experiencing suicidal thoughts and therefore recruitment will focus on people who are distressed. However, given this is an open access program, adults who are not distressed can also access it if they wish. The program is preventative in nature, therefore 'healthy' participants may also benefit from some of the information within the program (e.g., distress tolerance activities) but it was not developed for this purpose.
Exclusion criteria: No internet access and does not consent to study conditions,


Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: No limit
Gender: Both males and females

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Mental Health - Suicide

Psychological distress;Crisis Support;Suicidal Thoughts;
Psychological distress
Crisis Support
Suicidal Thoughts

Intervention(s)

An automated (self-help) decision-support crisis and suicide prevention program (called iConsiderLife) will be evaluated by investigating the ways in which adults use iConsiderLife. The iConsiderLife program is one of the My Digital Health platform programs.

Adults visiting one of the My Digital Health sites will be able to find a link to iConsiderLife within the ‘Crisis and General Support Services’ page. This page provides the general public with information and links to crisis (e.g., Life Line) and mental health service providers. In response to clicking the iConsiderLife link or hearing about the iConsiderLife program, adults will be invited to participate in the study.

Adults wishing to participate in the iConsiderLife evaluation study will be provided with immediate access to the single-session program, following the provision of their informed consent to participate in the study and answering several brief demographic / personal questions. Adults who do not wish to participate in the evaluation study will be provided with a list of alternative sources of support. In addition, adults wishing to participate in the trial will not have to create an account in order to access the program.

iConsiderLife is designed to provide adults who are currently distressed or experiencing a crisis with a simple, step-by-step, problem solving approach design, to assist in reducing this distress in real time. There are six main strategy sections. The six main strategy sections include:

1) A section with encourages the participant to speak with family, friends, healthcare professionals, crisis support services and emergency services about how they are currently feeling.
2) A section that explores the common thoughts and experiences that distressed or

Primary Outcome(s)

Distress rating - 10 point scale from 0 (not distressed at all) to 10 (maximum distress). [Participants will be asked to rate their current level of distress at the beginning of the program and just before participant is about to leave the program.]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Demographic questions (age, gender, country of residence, relationship status)[Beginning of program]

Secondary ID(s)

None

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Federation University

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 16/02/2017
Contact:

Federation University Higher Research Ethics Committee

Results

• Results available: Yes
• Date Posted: 15/07/2022
• Date Completed: 03/07/2022