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NCT Number: NCT01213797

IMTAP : Impact of the Suicide Attempt on the Nearly Entourage in Term of Traumatic Stress and Medico-economic Impact

With 11.000 deaths and 150.000 attempts each year in France, the suicide represents an important public health problem. For each death by suicide, one can count 6 "direct" bereaved people and 20 people in more indirect connection with this mourning (Terra 2001). In term of impact, there is thus 300.000 people (annually) touched by the deaths by suicide and 3.750.000 people (annually) touched by the "suicide attempt" of a close relative. It seems indeed important to have Public Health data on this cascade repercussion of the suicide attempt.

A suicide attempt propagates a suffering cascade on the various circles of the family and close entourage, which can be measured in term of traumatic stress and medico-economic impact.

Objective = To measure the medico-economic impact on the entourage, in the 3 months following the suicide attempt and at 1 year.

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Key information

Conditions

Suicide, Attempted Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Relatives Self-Injurious Behavior Suicide

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Hospital, Angers, Angers, France

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About this study

Secondary objectives = To measure the impact of the suicide attempt in traumatic term of stress on the close relatives of committing suicide confronted with the suicidal scene To compare the evolution of consumption of care of the close relatives and of committing suicide To measure the evolution of the general health condition of the close relatives and of committing suicide

The study participants (committing suicide it and the relatives) will be recontacted by telephone, after 3 months and to 1 year.

Consumption of care (number of consultations, drugs consumption) of the population of the close relatives of committing suicide will be compared with the data of the Research Institute and Documentation in Economy of Health (IRDES) on the French population (sample of 20.000 people, representative of 95% of the French households).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

for Suicide attempter :

  • Men or women
  • Older than 18 years
  • Survivor with an suicide attempt going back to less than 15 days

Inclusion criteria

for close relations of committing suicide :

  • Men or women
  • age more than 18 years
  • Members of the entourage of committing suicide
  • Living under the same roof as committing suicide it

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Consumption of care in the close relatives of a suicide attempter

    Time frame: one year

    Consumption of care in the close relatives of a suicide attempter, at the various stages of evaluation, compared with a matched sample in general population (data IRDES). One will be able to thus evaluate not only if the consumption of the close relatives is higher than the average, but still if this difference increases or on the contrary decreases during time.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Psychological level of distress

    Time frame: one year

    Psychological level of distress in the close relatives

  2. Links between consumption of care and psychological level of distress

    Time frame: one year

    Links between consumption of care and psychological level of distress

  3. Prevalence of the post-traumatic stress disorder

    Time frame: one year

    Post-traumatic stress disorder at 3 months and one year, as evaluated by the PTSD Check List Symptoms among members of the entourage having been exposed to the scene of the suicide attempt.

    Comparison of prevalence of the post-traumatic disorder of stress compared to the index of lethality of the suicide attempt index.

  4. Evolution of consumption of care

    Time frame: one year

    Evolution of consumption of care at committing suicide compared to the remainder of the household and the general population

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Lille

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Registry information

Official study title

Impact of the Suicide Attempt on the Close Entourage: Traumatic Stress and Medico-economic Concerns, in Medium and Long Term

Acronym: IMTAP

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Oct 4, 2010
Registry last updated
Oct 25, 2011

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