Qualitative Assessment of the Brief Contact Intervention "Stay in Contact" in Suicide Prevention

Background: For 40 years, brief contact interventions (BCIs) have been presented as promising approaches in suicide prevention but patient's experiences of BCIs are less investigated.

Aim: Understand mechanisms of BCIs after suicide attempt, through patient's experience of a French BCI "Stay in contact" and assess its impact on seeking care during suicidal crisis.

Method:This is a single-center, non-interventional, prospective qualitative study using phone call interview on a BCI, 6 months after suicide attempt behavior.

Statistical analysis

Data were analyzed using statistical software (Version 9.4, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA). Chi-squared test was used to assess qualitative variables and t-test to evaluate quantitative variables, with p<.05 considered significant.

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Key information

Conditions

Suicide and Self-harm Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Self-Injurious Behavior Suicide

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Central Hospital

Nancy, Lorraine, 54100, France

About this study

The baseline interviews were conducted on the phone, on weekdays, during a mean time of 10 to 15minutes by a trained resident in psychiatry as the only interviewer. The interviewer didn't participate in patient's medical care nor in the follow-up interventions. The interviewer didn't look in patients file before conducted over the phone interviews and had only administrative information on the study subjects: first and last name, age, sex, phone number. The phone call interview wasn't considered as an intervention. Whenever the interviewer judged necessary that a patient needed more intensive treatment, the relevant referral to help was done.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

be male or female, be aged 18 or older, have a situation permitting follow-up contacts by phone.

Exclusion criteria

be placed under supervision by the law such as guardianship and curatorship, be incarcerated and refusing to participate to the BCI

Treatment and study plan

Over the phone interviews on the BCI "Stay in Contact"

Other

This study used phone call interviews on a BCI "Stay in Contact", 6 months after suicide attempt behavior.The questionnaire used for the interview of included suicide attempters was pilot tested to assess acceptability and feasibility of the study. It included 24 questions, which were based on literature's data.They covered seeking care and help items and assess the subjective quality appreciation of medical care in the PED and on the BCI.Closed-ended and multiple-choice questions were mixed. Included patients were informed that the questionnaire was anonymous and that seeking their views and feedbacks would help adjusting the implementation of follow-up interventions closer to their needs.The baseline interviews were conducted on the phone, on weekdays, during a mean time of 10 to 15minutes by a trained resident in psychiatry as the only interviewer.

Primary outcomes

outpatients' experiences of the BCI "Stay in contact"

Time frame: At the closure of the BCI Stay in contact, an average of 6 months after suicide attempt

to assess the outpatients' experiences of the BCI "Stay in contact" using an hetero questionnaire completed over the phone by patients who benefited from the BCI.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

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Registry information

Official study title

Qualitative Assessment of the French Brief Contact Intervention "Stay in Contact" in Suicide Prevention

Acronym: EVAREST2

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Oct 30, 2017
Registry last updated: Oct 30, 2017

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