Effect of Telephone Follow-up on Repeated Suicide Attempt in Patients

NCT02932709 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 10080712010-A00804-35
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 876
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Attempted suicide is a major public health problem, and the efficacies of current postvention protocols vary. The investigators evaluated the effectiveness of telephone follow-up of patients referred to an emergency psychiatric unit for attempted suicide on any further attempt/s over the following year. In a single-center, controlled study with intent to treat, they evaluated the efficacy of a protocol of telephone follow-up of patients at 8, 30, and 60 days after they had been treated for attempted suicide. For comparison, they evaluated as controls patients with similar social and demographic characteristics referred to their emergency psychiatric unit in the year prior to the study who did not receive telephone follow-up after their initial hospitalization. Data were analyzed using logistic regression.

Conditions

Suicide, Attempted

Keywords

Emergency; follow-up; nurse; phone; suicide attempts

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Comparison of suicidal recurrence rate

  Number of relapses of suicide attempts per patient over a period of 6 months.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Assess the impact of the device on the number of deaths by suicide

  6 months

Other Outcomes (2)

• Assess the impact on adherence to treatments

  6 months

• Measuring the time between the TS and the first recurrence

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

Patients admitted of Psychiatry

Only patients who had a suicide attempt admitted to the Department of Emergency Psychiatry.

Behavioral: suicide attempt

Interventions

suicide attempt BEHAVIORAL

suicide attempt : We evaluated the effectiveness of telephone follow-up of patients who had referred to an emergency psychiatric unit for attempted suicide on any further attempt/s over the following year.

Patients admitted of Psychiatry

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients admitted to the Department of Emergency Psychiatry of CHU Saint-Etienne for suicide attempt

You may qualify if:

• Patient affiliated or entitled to a social security scheme
• Patient who have attempted suicide regardless of the medium
• Patient falling 4 psychiatric sectors covered by the CHU of Saint-Etienne
• Major and minor Patient (with parental permission)
• Patient for which there is no evidence of psychiatric hospitalization sector or clinic immediately after switching to the suicidal act

You may not qualify if:

• Homeless Patient
• Patients for whom Callback is not possible (no phone, incarceration ...)
• Patient who do not speak French
• Patient Refusal
• Medical Reason
• Deleterious character of recontact by a doctor of the psychiatric emergency after passing the act

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne: lead
• Groupement Régional de Santé Publique: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Chu Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, 42055, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicide, Attempted; Emergencies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Suicide; Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Catherine MASSOUBRE, PhD

  CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2016
• First Posted: October 13, 2016
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: October 14, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-10

Locations

FR (1)