Socio-Educational Intervention for Rural Suicide Attempters

Suicide, Attempted Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Control Trial of a Socio-Educational Intervention for Rural Suicide Attempters in Tianjin Municipality and Shandong Province of China

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00808873
• Other study ID #: 2008-7
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 15, 2008
• Last updated: December 15, 2008
• Start date: November 2008
• Est. completion date: March 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2008
• Source: Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
• Contact: Xianyun Li, Bachelor, Master of Medicine
• Phone: 86-10-82951464
• Email: xianyunl[@]public3.bta.net.cn
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: China: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Compared to a treatment-as-usual group, providing brief mental health education to suicide attempters from rural parts of China at the time of their treatment in the emergency departments of general hospitals or local clinics and 6 home-visits (FOR those subjects WITH PHONES refuse home visits, THE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED OVER THE PHONE) over the twelve months after the attempt demonstrate continuing concern about the attempters ('befriending'), strengthen their social support networks and improve their problem-solving skills will significantly reduce their hopelessness, the severity of depressive symptoms, and level of suicidal ideation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 450
• Est. completion date: March 2011
• Est. primary completion date: February 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• suicide attempters

• must be 18 years or older

• no-zero intent to die

Exclusion Criteria:

• with communication difficulties

• living outside of the research sites

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Suicide
• Suicide, Attempted

Intervention

Other:
• socio-educational intervention
brief mental health education and 6 follow-up visits

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	People's Hospital of Yuncheng County	Yuncheng County	Shandong

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital	Bureau of Health of Ji County, Harvard University, People's Hospital of Yuncheng County, Suicide Prevention International, University of Rochester

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the severity of depressive symptoms		one year	No
Secondary	frequency and intensity of suicidal ideation		one year	No