NCT04591223

Testing the Competency-based Theory of Change for Suicide Risk Among Young Male Internet Users With Societal Masculinity

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To propose a competency-based theory of change for reducing suicide risks among male Internet users with salient traits of societal masculinity; To test whether the theory of change using the competency-based model has additional effects on reducing self-harm and/or suicidal ideation in addition to the online social work treatment-as-usual model; To provide online social work service providers with evidence-based measures for reducing the risks of self-harm and/or suicide among young male Internet users.

Detailed description

This is a randomized waitlist-controlled trial of 60 participants examining the effects of a proposed competency-based model on self-harm relative to those of OSW alone. In the online survey (T0), subjects with self-harm or suicidal ideation will be invited to give informed consent, and then be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) OSW (control), or 2) OSW + six weekly sessions of competency-based physical training (intervention). They will be assessed at three measurement time points (T1 = one-month; T2 = three-month; and T3 = five-month from T0 at post-intervention). The intervention group is hypothesized to display a greater reduction in the primary outcomes of self-harm and suicidal ideation than the OSW group. Chi-square tests giving p \<=0.05 will indicate a goodness of fit of the linear mixed model, which address random effects in the data and handles intention-to-treat (ITT).

Conditions

• Self-Harm, Deliberate
• Suicidal Ideation
• Masculinity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Competency-based physical training (CbM)	The intervention to be added to online social work treatment as usual (OSW) is a well-designed, one-on-one structural physical workout module which will be offered by a licensed senior physical trainer in public sports ground or gymnasium. The aim is to strengthen participants' sense of competence, improve their physical fitness, self-confidence and self-image through an outcome-driven Circuit training. One of the chief advantages of Circuit training is its adaptability. Circuit training can be performed with gym equipment and/or bodyweight exercises which is deemed to be suitable for beginner and easy to practice at home on oneself. Participants can continue to replicate the exercise with or without any equipment. The program will be delivered in six one-hour sessions, including face-to-face and online mode, over one month.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-01
• Completion: 2024-06-01
• First posted: 2020-10-19
• Last updated: 2023-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong