Validation of the French Version of Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) in Adolescents Managed in Pediatric Emergency Unit

NCT ID: NCT02900989

Last Updated: 2017-07-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2017-01-31

Brief Summary

The ASQ-Fr study aims at validating the French version of Ask Suicide-Screening Questions composed of 5 items in adolescents managed in pediatric emergency department. Therefore, use of this brief valid screening instrument could assess the risk for suicide in pediatric patients and then improve the prevention of suicidal tendencies in this population.

Detailed Description

ASQ-Fr is a prospective, cross-sectional instrument-validation study evaluated 5 candidate screening questions assessing suicide risk in adolescents between 10 and 18 years of age managed in two urban, pediatric emergency departments associated with tertiary care hospitals.

ASQ-Fr questionnaire is conducted by a psychologist before or after the French version of the SIQ/SIQ Junior (Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire), depending on the randomisation in the unit. SIQ is composed of 30 items and valid for adolescents aged 15 years or more. SIQ Junior is composed of 15 items and valid for children up to 14 years old.

Questionnaires are followed by an interview in adolescents and parents separately by the psychologist to evaluate perceptions, feasibility and acceptability of questionnaires.

It is planned a convenience sample of 200 patients aged 10 to 18 years who presented with either medical or surgical chief concerns to the emergency department.

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

ASQ-Fr

Adolescents undergo the ASQ-Fr questionnaire composed of 5 items.

Group Type: OTHER

Suicide screening

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Patients of the emergency unit usually do not pass this kind of questionnaire in the absence of warning signs. Then it could result in adverse effects on behavior and ideation.

The study had to be declared as an interventional study according to French law.

SIQ-Fr

Adolescents undergo the SIQ-Fr questionnaire composed of 30 items if \>=15 yo and the SIQ-Fr Junior composed of 15 items if \<15 yo

Group Type: OTHER

Suicide screening

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Patients of the emergency unit usually do not pass this kind of questionnaire in the absence of warning signs. Then it could result in adverse effects on behavior and ideation.

The study had to be declared as an interventional study according to French law.

Interventions

Suicide screening

Patients of the emergency unit usually do not pass this kind of questionnaire in the absence of warning signs. Then it could result in adverse effects on behavior and ideation.

The study had to be declared as an interventional study according to French law.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• patient with informed consent of adolescents and at least one of parents or a guardian
• patient with social protection cover
• in adequation with emergency management

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with mental disorder
• minor without parent/gardian at the emergency unit

• Minimum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Erick Gokalsing, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

INSERM U1178

Locations

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion

Saint-Pierre, , France

Countries

France

Other Identifiers

2016/CHU/01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id