A Community Intervention Trial of Multimodal Suicide Prevention Program in Japan (NOCOMIT-J)

Japan Foundation for Neuroscience and Mental Health1,951,060 enrolled

Overview

1. The primary goal for this study is to examine the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in relatively high suicide rate region compared to control region. 2. The secondary goal for this study is to explore the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in the highly populated regions. In addition, we examine the effectiveness of the prevention program in the all regions combined.

Suicide is a major public health problem and the number of suicide victims has exceeded 30,000 a year since 1998 in Japan. Suicide rate is almost 25/100,000, which are remarkably high numbers among advanced countries. To examine the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention, a trial by J-MISP (Japanese Multimodal Intervention Trials for Suicide Prevention). This research project is one of the strategic research projects funded by The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,951,060

Conditions

Suicide

Interventions

Multimodal suicide prevention programBEHAVIORAL

A community intervention of multimodal suicide prevention program includes following components: 1. Building support networks for suicide prevention and mental health promotion in public health system 2. Primary prevention of suicide and suicide related behaviors 3. Secondary prevention of suicide and suicide related behaviors 4. Tertiary prevention; after care for suicide survivors 5. Suicide prevention targeting for people with substance/alcohol- related disorders , schizophrenia and other mental health disorders 6. Suicide prevention targeting for people with work-related problems

Suicide prevention program as usualBEHAVIORAL

Usual suicide prevention program

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Areas which meet the following criteria are eligible for this study; * An area with firm support from local government and other organizations to conduct this multimodal suicide prevention program * An area capable to select intervention and control regions * An area capable to follow the data collection procedure described in the protocol * An area with comparable baseline data on suicide attempts rate in intervention and control region * An area with comparable baseline data on demographics in intervention and control region Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (7)

Akita region group

Akita, Akita, Japan

Aomori region gruop

Aomori, Aomori, Japan

Chiba region group

Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

Kita-Kyusyu region group

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Incidence of suicide attempts (completed suicides and suicide attempts except mild case )

Time frame: 3.5years

Secondary Outcomes

Incidence of completed suicides

Time frame: 3.5years

Incidence of suicide attempts

Time frame: 3.5 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.