Efficient, Holistic, Heuristic and Semi-structured Suicide Assessment Tool (EHSSA) - Very Accurate Prediction of Risk.

NCT04888533 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: EHSSA prospective study- PESP
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,505
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Many studies have found that insights regarding suicide risk-factors for cohorts does not translate to practical value in the identification of such risk in specific individuals. E.H.S.S.A. - a suicide assessment tool that was empirically designed by an emergency psychiatry department (P.E.S.P. of Bergen County) in its effort to accurately predict, in specific patients, the risk of suicide attempts in the reasonably foreseeable future. It is of a unique paradigm that combines critical elements of holism, heuristics and semi-structured design.

Conditions

Suicide Risk

Keywords

Suicide Risk Assessment Tool; Holistic; Heuristic; Semi-structured; Predictive Capacity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Rate or number of completed or attempted suicide.

  Reported/ascertained cases among the cohort of completed or serious suicide attempts within 15 days of EHSSA evaluation and discharge to community or until the start of treatment with an outpatient mental health professional, whichever came sooner.

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

All Patients evaluated by PESP during the trial period.

EHSSA tool applied to every patient in cohort.

Other: EHSSA- An Efficient and Holistic/Heuristic Semi-structured Suicide Assessment Tool

Interventions

EHSSA- An Efficient and Holistic/Heuristic Semi-structured Suicide Assessment Tool OTHER

EHSSA will be used to evaluate every patient for suicide risk.

Also known as: EHSSA

All Patients evaluated by PESP during the trial period.

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

All patients of any age/gender/economic class with or without dementia or substance use disorders who presented to the psychiatric emergency program (P.E.S.P.- Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program of Bergen County) in psychiatric distress/crisis during a discreet 6 month period.

You may qualify if:

• Patients of any age/gender/economic class with or without dementia and/or substance use disorders
• All patients presenting to P.E.S.P.(Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program of Bergen County) in psychiatric distress/crisis.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Active Delirium.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Care Plus NJ, Inc.: lead

Study Sites (1)

Care Plus NJ, Inc.- PESP (Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program)

Paramus, New Jersey, 07652, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Charles Kim, M.D.

  Care Plus NJ, Inc.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2021
• First Posted: May 17, 2021
• Study Start: August 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2020
• Study Completion: January 31, 2020
• Last Updated: June 1, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Locations

US (1)