Suicide PreventionPepps_MixNCT06576453
Mixed-method Evaluation of a Parental Psychoeducation Programme in a Suicide Risk Prevention Group
An observational study of Suicide Prevention, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
The number of emergency consultations for children and adolescents for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts has been rising steadily since 2010, and even more so since 2020. In addition, 30% of children and adolescents who have committed a suicidal act reoffend within the year. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Suicide Prevention
- What is being tested?
- Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref, Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent and quiz of knowledge
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- How many people
- 40 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 23 May 2024to 31 Jul 2025
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Parents of a child under 15 years 6 months old urgently consulted at the Robert Debré hospital for ideas suicidal or attempted suicide
Who may be able to join
- Parent committing to participate in the 4 sessions of the parental psychoeducation prevention program suicide risk (PEPPS program)
- Parents of children under 15 years and 6 months
- Parents fluent in French
Who cannot join
- Lack of affiliation with a social security scheme or CMU (universal health coverage)
- Parents under guardianship or curatorship
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
France1 site
Robert Debré Hospital, Child and adolescent psychiatry department
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75019
About this study
The number of emergency consultations for children and adolescents for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts has been rising steadily since 2010, and even more so since 2020. In addition, 30% of children and adolescents who have committed a suicidal act reoffend within the year.
Psycho-education programmes for patients have been shown to be effective in a large number of psychiatric pathologies. The programs of psychoeducation for the caregivers of these patients have them also shown their effectiveness, however to date there is no parental psychoeducation program group, for the prevention of the suicidal risk of children and adolescents, which is validated. The service of child psychiatry at the Robert Debré hospital built a program for this purpose, according to current data from the science and has been offering it for 6 months to parents of patients who consulted for suicidal ideation. Rate this program through the description of its implementation would allow it to be validated, this in a dissemination objective. This validation through a mixed method would also allow us to describe the experience participants in this program and to understand improvements Track.
Read the detailed description
Implementation study: non-randomized, single-center, quasi-experimental study before - after for the evaluation criteria of intermediate effectiveness (effectiveness). Study mixed qualitative-quantitative method for the evaluation of several judgment criteria.
The main objectives is to Evaluate the implementation of a parental psychoeducation program in a group of suicide prevention through parental support for the entire program.
The secondary objectives are to evaluate:
- reaching the target population (Reach)
- the intermediate effectiveness of the program
- the adoption of the program by health professionals
- the implementation on other dimensions
- the sustainability of the program
- Conditions
- Suicide Prevention
- Being tested
- Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref, Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent, quiz of knowledge, semi-structured interviews (qualitative)
- Medical subject headings
- Suicide Prevention
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-brefBehavioural
Parents must complete the self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref after the first and the last session of the Pepps program.
Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - ParentBehavioural
Parents must complete the self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent after the last session of the Pepps program.
quiz of knowledgeBehavioural
Parents must complete the quiz of knowledge after the first and the last session of the Pepps program.
semi-structured interviews (qualitative)Behavioural
In the month following the last session of the program, the semi-structured interviews (qualitative) will be carried out with parents who have followed either all or part of the sessions of the band.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| All of the participants | Parents participate in the PEPPS program (Parental psychoeducation program for suicide risk prevention) This is a group family psychoeducation program for parents child under 15 years 6 months having been urgently assessed at Robert University Hospital discharged for suicidal ideation or attempted suicide.
This program is built according to a global model based on:
* A support program for parents of Resourceful adolescents: parent of adolescents support program not specific to the theme of suicidal risk taking place in 3 to 4 sessions of 2 hours.
* The global program of the Suicide Prevention Intervention Center at the Children Hospital of Philadelphia which offers a multi-family group intervention (parents and children).
* The recommendations of the High Authority of Health which recommend an intervention psychoeducation type. Receives: Behavioral: Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref; Behavioral: Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent; Behavioral: quiz of knowledge | |
| Participants - qualitative interview | Semi-structured interviews (qualitative) will be carried out with parents who have followed either all or part of the sessions of the band. The parents interviewed will be chosen based on the wealth of information they will be likely to contribute to the study.The sampling method will follow the "snowball" model, described by Kathy Charmaz. According to this, the characteristics of new participants will be determined according to the results of the analysis of the first interviews until data saturation. We will conclude with the latter when no new information emerges from the data collection. Receives: Behavioral: Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref; Behavioral: Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent; Behavioral: quiz of knowledge; Behavioral: semi-structured interviews (qualitative) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
implementation of a program parental psychoeducation in prevention groups suicide (program PEPPS).
program membership = Number of parents who have been present at the 4 sessions / Number of parents included (having agreed to participate in the program)
Measured: Week 5
Secondary outcomes (8)
reaching the target population
number of parents to whom the program has been proposed / number of parents having had a child having consulted for suicidal ideation
Measured: Week 5
Intermediate program effectiveness by comparison of levels of parents' responses between the start of program and the end of the last session of the program
level of knowledge about suicidal behavior: degree of certainty a knowledge quiz built for the program
Measured: Week 5
Intermediate program effectiveness by comparison of levels of parents' responses between the start of program and the end of the last session of the program
parents' quality of life: score WHOQOL-BREF scale
Measured: Week 5
adoption of the program by health professionals
number of emergency professionals offering program for parents / number of emergency professionals treating children having consulted for suicidal ideation
Measured: Week 5
Implementation on other dimensions
Number of parents participating in at least a session
Measured: Week 5
Implementation on other dimensions
Satisfaction of participating parents: Parent Evaluation self-questionnaire Inventory-Parent Treatment
Measured: Week 5
Implementation on other dimensions
Describe the parents' experience participant in the PEPPS program: analysis qualitative (interview)
Measured: Week 5
sustainability of the program (Maintenance): Interview
Identify the brakes and levers implementation of the program, in order to identify avenues for improvement and dissemination of psychoeducation program: analysis qualitative
Measured: Week 9
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Aug 2024
- Study start23 May 2024
- Primary completion30 Jun 2025
- Study completion31 Jul 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Suicide PreventionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Family based
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 40 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06576453
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- APHP231318
- Acronym
- Pepps_Mix
- Status last verified
- Nov 2026
- First submitted
- 4 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 6 Nov 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Nov 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Mixed-method Evaluation of a Parental Psychoeducation Programme in a Suicide Risk Prevention Group
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06576453
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Pepps_Mix / APHP231318
- Conditions
- Suicide Prevention
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 40 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 23 May 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jun 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Jul 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 Aug 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The number of emergency consultations for children and adolescents for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts has been rising steadily since 2010, and even more so since 2020. In addition, 30% of children and adolescents who have committed a suicidal act reoffend within the year.
Psycho-education programmes for patients have been shown to be effective in a large number of psychiatric pathologies. The programs of psychoeducation for the caregivers of these patients have them also shown their effectiveness, however to date there is no parental psychoeducation program group, for the prevention of the suicidal risk of children and adolescents, which is validated. The service of child psychiatry at the Robert Debré hospital built a program for this purpose, according to current data from the science and has been offering it for 6 months to parents of patients who consulted for suicidal ideation. Rate this program through the description of its implementation would allow it to be validated, this in a dissemination objective. This validation through a mixed method would also allow us to describe the experience participants in this program and to understand improvements Track.
Detailed description
Implementation study: non-randomized, single-center, quasi-experimental study before - after for the evaluation criteria of intermediate effectiveness (effectiveness). Study mixed qualitative-quantitative method for the evaluation of several judgment criteria.
The main objectives is to Evaluate the implementation of a parental psychoeducation program in a group of suicide prevention through parental support for the entire program.
The secondary objectives are to evaluate:
- reaching the target population (Reach)
- the intermediate effectiveness of the program
- the adoption of the program by health professionals
- the implementation on other dimensions
- the sustainability of the program
Study design
- Observational model
- Family based
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| All of the participants | – | Behavioral: Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref, Behavioral: Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent, Behavioral: quiz of knowledgeParents participate in the PEPPS program (Parental psychoeducation program for suicide risk prevention) This is a group family psychoeducation program for parents child under 15 years 6 months having been urgently assessed at Robert University Hospital discharged for suicidal ideation or attempted suicide. This program is built according to a global model based on: * A support program for parents of Resourceful adolescents: parent of adolescents support program not specific to the theme of suicidal risk taking place in 3 to 4 sessions of 2 hours. * The global program of the Suicide Prevention Intervention Center at the Children Hospital of Philadelphia which offers a multi-family group intervention (parents and children). * The recommendations of the High Authority of Health which recommend an intervention psychoeducation type. |
| Participants - qualitative interview | – | Behavioral: Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref, Behavioral: Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent, Behavioral: quiz of knowledge, Behavioral: semi-structured interviews (qualitative)Semi-structured interviews (qualitative) will be carried out with parents who have followed either all or part of the sessions of the band. The parents interviewed will be chosen based on the wealth of information they will be likely to contribute to the study.The sampling method will follow the "snowball" model, described by Kathy Charmaz. According to this, the characteristics of new participants will be determined according to the results of the analysis of the first interviews until data saturation. We will conclude with the latter when no new information emerges from the data collection. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Parents of a child under 15 years 6 months old urgently consulted at the Robert Debré hospital for ideas suicidal or attempted suicide
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Parent committing to participate in the 4 sessions of the parental psychoeducation prevention program suicide risk (PEPPS program)
- Parents of children under 15 years and 6 months
- Parents fluent in French
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Lack of affiliation with a social security scheme or CMU (universal health coverage)
- Parents under guardianship or curatorship
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Self-questionnaire WHOQOL-brefParents must complete the self-questionnaire WHOQOL-bref after the first and the last session of the Pepps program. | Behavioural | All of the participants, Participants - qualitative interview |
| Self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - ParentParents must complete the self-questionnaire Evaluation Inventory - Parent after the last session of the Pepps program. | Behavioural | All of the participants, Participants - qualitative interview |
| quiz of knowledgeParents must complete the quiz of knowledge after the first and the last session of the Pepps program. | Behavioural | All of the participants, Participants - qualitative interview |
| semi-structured interviews (qualitative)In the month following the last session of the program, the semi-structured interviews (qualitative) will be carried out with parents who have followed either all or part of the sessions of the band. | Behavioural | Participants - qualitative interview |
Primary outcome
implementation of a program parental psychoeducation in prevention groups suicide (program PEPPS).
Time frame: Week 5
program membership = Number of parents who have been present at the 4 sessions / Number of parents included (having agreed to participate in the program)
8 secondary outcomes
reaching the target population
Time frame: Week 5
Intermediate program effectiveness by comparison of levels of parents' responses between the start of program and the end of the last session of the program
Time frame: Week 5
Intermediate program effectiveness by comparison of levels of parents' responses between the start of program and the end of the last session of the program
Time frame: Week 5
adoption of the program by health professionals
Time frame: Week 5
Implementation on other dimensions
Time frame: Week 5
Implementation on other dimensions
Time frame: Week 5
Implementation on other dimensions
Time frame: Week 5
sustainability of the program (Maintenance): Interview
Time frame: Week 9
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Nov 2026.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Suicide Prevention, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Nov 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
implementation of a program parental psychoeducation in prevention groups suicide (program PEPPS). (time frame: Week 5). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Nov 2026.