Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC) Program

NCT03825354 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Project Number: 5880
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 61
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Suicide is a significant public health concern and causes approximately 1.5 % of all deaths in the general population in Canada. Suicide is a multi-faceted issue that is often comorbid with psychiatric illness and associated with diverse sociodemographic risk factors. Consequently, there are several domains of suicide risk management. The proposed intervention, the brief intervention, and contact (BIC) model will be tested for feasibility using a pilot pragmatic randomized trial.

Conditions

Suicidal Behavior

Keywords

suicide; thoughts; attempts; death; brief intervention; contact

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Recruitment rate

  The percentage of potential participants agree to consent to the study

  6 months

• Retention rate

  The percentage of participants who completes the study

  6 months

• Data completion rate

  the percentage of participants who complete all study questionnaires and follow up contacts

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The number of suicidal behaviour events

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Brief Intervention and contact (BIC)

EXPERIMENTAL

Brief education about suicidal behaviour and follow up contacts for 6 months in addition to treatment as usual. follow up will occur at the following time points post discharge: weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 20. this will occur in addition to treatment as usual.

Behavioral: BIC

control

NO INTERVENTION

control will continue treatment as usual which is whatever the clinical team decides upon post discharge. data will be collected on repeated suicidal behaviour through medical records with consent.

Interventions

BIC BEHAVIORAL

World Health Organization, WHO, Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC)

Brief Intervention and contact (BIC)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All patients with a previous suicide attempt or expressed any suicidal behaviour who are admitted to inpatient psychiatric wards will be asked to participate in this study, with no upper age limit, sex or gender restriction.
• No restrictions will be placed on the patients' diagnoses or comorbidities, although all diagnoses will be documented.
• Patients in inpatient units and receiving treatment for comorbid psychiatric illnesses and/or their suicidal behaviour as per usual care including medication, individual or group psychotherapies and other treatment modalities are eligible to participate in the study.
• All participants must be able to provide written informed consent and can be reached through phone calls and/or text messages or in-person visits to the hospital site.

You may not qualify if:

• We will exclude patients who are unable to understand written and spoken English, as the research staff/clinicians delivering the intervention are limited to English-speaking populations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton: lead

Study Sites (1)

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, L8N 3K7, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Soni D, Panesar B, Dufort A, Guan L, Lee J, Waldern D, Hathaway S, Sanger N, Stacey S, Minuzzi L, Thabane L, Samaan Z. Recruitment rates, retention rates, and follow-up completion in a Brief Intervention and Contact trial for suicidal behavior: a feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2025 Apr 16;11(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01635-3.

  PMID: 40241209 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicide; Death

Interventions

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Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• z Samaan, MD/PhD

  McMaster University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: a randomized study with 1:1 parallel design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 24, 2019
• First Posted: January 31, 2019
• Study Start: April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2020
• Study Completion: September 30, 2021
• Last Updated: February 1, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)