Efficient, Holistic, Heuristic and Semi-structured Suicide Assessment Tool (EHSSA) - Very Accurate Prediction of Risk.
NCT ID: NCT04888533
Last Updated: 2021-06-01
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
1505 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2019-08-01
2020-01-31
Brief Summary
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E.H.S.S.A. - a suicide assessment tool that was empirically designed by an emergency psychiatry department (P.E.S.P. of Bergen County) in its effort to accurately predict, in specific patients, the risk of suicide attempts in the reasonably foreseeable future. It is of a unique paradigm that combines critical elements of holism, heuristics and semi-structured design.
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Detailed Description
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Many studies have found that insight regarding suicide risk-factors for cohorts does not translate to practical value in the identification of such risk in specific individuals.
This performance improvement study formally examined the effectiveness of "EHSSA" (efficient, holistic/heuristic semi-structured suicide-risk assessment) - an empirically derived tool designed by this emergency psychiatry department. It is a suicide assessment tool for predicting in a specific patient (as opposed to a cohort), the risk of serious suicide attempts in the reasonably foreseeable future.
Methods:
At P.E.S.P. (Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program) of Bergen County of New Jersey, a prospective performance improvement study was done on all patients (N = 1,505) that had presented with psychiatric crisis to the department over the course of a 6 month period, (of which approximately 50% had significant suicidal ideations). The only exclusionary criteria was active delirium.
Each patient was evaluated using "EHSSA" by departmentally trained mental health professionals. Patients were deemed to either require hospitalization or be safe to be discharged to the community (with appropriate outpatient referrals). Those that were discharged (N = 137) were followed up with phone calls approximately 15 days post discharge.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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All Patients evaluated by PESP during the trial period.
EHSSA tool applied to every patient in cohort.
EHSSA- An Efficient and Holistic/Heuristic Semi-structured Suicide Assessment Tool
EHSSA will be used to evaluate every patient for suicide risk.
Interventions
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EHSSA- An Efficient and Holistic/Heuristic Semi-structured Suicide Assessment Tool
EHSSA will be used to evaluate every patient for suicide risk.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* All patients presenting to P.E.S.P.(Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program of Bergen County) in psychiatric distress/crisis.
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Care Plus NJ, Inc.
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Charles Kim, M.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Care Plus NJ, Inc.
Locations
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Care Plus NJ, Inc.- PESP (Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program)
Paramus, New Jersey, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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EHSSA prospective study- PESP
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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