Improving Care Provided to Patients Treated in a Level 1 Trauma Center Post-suicide Attempt

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Study Completion Date

2012-04-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to refine, elaborate, and pilot a brief intervention for adult patients following a suicide attempt provided during hospitalization in an acute medical setting. 40 participants will be randomized to receive the brief intervention + care as usual or only care as usual. It is hypothesized that the intervention will be acceptable and feasible to both patients and intervention clinicians.

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Detailed Description

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The aim of the study is to refine, elaborate, and pilot a brief intervention for adult patients following a suicide attempt provided during hospitalization in an acute medical setting, and will be addressed with a sample of cases (N = 40) from Harborview. The participants will be randomized into one of two groups: those that receive the intervention and those that do not. All participants will complete a battery of assessments The intervention is based on the theory of teachable moments, wherein timing in proximity to injury and appropriate treatment setting provide a unique opportunity to create patient behavioral change. The brief intervention consists of engaging the patient in conversation regarding suicidal ambivalence (desire to live vs. desire to die), collaborative discovery of primary and secondary drivers of suicidality, and safety planning. A guide to delivering the intervention has been completed and may undergo changes throughout the study. Adherence measures will be developed in order to assess the degree to which the clinician accurately provided the brief intervention without including additional therapeutic elements or leaving out elements required in the intervention guide. Best methods for integrating the brief intervention into services provided on medical and surgical units will be determined, as well.

Conditions

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Suicidal Ideas

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Brief Intervention

The brief intervention consists of stepped care protocol, including building rapport, functional analysis of suicidal behavior, and crisis planning

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief Intervention for Suicidality

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Focuses on behavioral elements of care, including building rapport, functional analysis, and crisis planning

care as usual

Patients randomized to the care as usual arm will not receive the brief intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Brief Intervention for Suicidality

Focuses on behavioral elements of care, including building rapport, functional analysis, and crisis planning

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* at least 15 years of age
* Inpatient on medical/surgical unit
* Admitted following a suicide attempt
* Sufficient English to benefit from psychotherapy in English
* Consents to be a research participant

Exclusion Criteria

* Lack of sufficient English to participate in psychotherapy in English
* Prisoner/inmate at time of admission
* Too cognitively impaired, delirious, or psychotic to respond to psychotherapeutic intervention before end of stay on medical/surgical unit. Determination of cognitive impairment, delirium, agitation, and psychosis will be determined through the referral phone call between the PI and the referring care provider, as well as the PI's own clinical assessment of the patient at the outset of the brief intervention.

Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No