A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis on the Living History of Survivors From Charcoal-burning Suicide

N/ACompletedNCT02068534

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital20 enrolled

Overview

The current study aims to explore the risk factors, protective factors, resilient factors, and factors jeopardizing the recovery progress on survivors from charcoal-burning suicide. To this end, an in-depth individual interview and Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE) will be used to acquire the first-hand information on the attempters. As well, a more comprehensive neuropsychological test, WAIS III, will be administered at 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month after the index suicide attempt.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Suicide

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * above 20 years old, survivors from charcoal-burning suicide. Exclusion Criteria: * under 20 years old * survivors from other kind of suicide * prisoner * suffer from a serious illness * foreigner/ can't speak Chinese * the people who can't express themselves * can not be interviewed in FEMH * people with severe physical or psychological symptoms

Locations (1)

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

MMSE score

Time frame: once

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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