Implementation of Caring Contacts

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This quality improvement (QI) project will adapt and improve an evidence-based suicide-prevention initiative for Sunnybrook patients at high risk of suicide following psychiatric inpatient discharge, targeting one of Sunnybrook's QI Plan goals of reducing suicide at Sunnybrook. Caring Contacts, brief communications of hope, support and information sent to patients post-discharge, are a simple and low-cost intervention with proven effectiveness in reducing suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, and loneliness, while increasing hopefulness and feelings of connection to the health care system. Pilot data provides some initial, promising evidence however additional patient input is required to improve the acceptability and effectiveness of the intervention to reduce suicide-related outcomes. Feedback from patients and peer advisors will guide iterative improvements with the ultimate goal of implementing an improved version of Caring Contacts as a standard clinical practice for all patients discharged from the Sunnybrook Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit. For phase one of this QI project, participants will be patients from the Sunnybrook Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with suicidality and community members with lived experience of psychiatric hospitalization and suicidality. Investigators will conduct focus groups on the inpatient unit of 8-12 inpatient participants to gather feedback about the current Caring Contact intervention. For community members virtual focus groups will be conducted. For phase two, participants will be patients from the Sunnybrook Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with suicidality. The updated intervention will be sent to 8-12 participants. Then investigators will host virtual focus groups to gather feedback from these participants about the intervention. For phase three, participants will be patients from the Sunnybrook Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with suicidality. Investigators will send the revised intervention to 30-40 participants. Participants will complete symptom and feedback questionnaires when they receive the intervention.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Psychiatric Hospitalization

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05294549
Study type	Interventional
Source	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	April 11, 2022
Completion date	May 31, 2023

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