Health Professionals Perspective on Suicide

Syeda AYAT E ZAINAB Ali100 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to investigate how health professionals view/respond towards suicidal patients, what was their attitude, experiences and difficulties/challenges they faced while dealing with suicidal patients (whether successful or unsuccessful), and what measures/methods are optimal or could be used to prevent suicide from the perspective of mental and non mental health professionals through concurrent mixed methods study approach.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Suicide Suicide, Attempted Completed Suicide Suicide Prevention

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 25 YearsMax age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Health professionals having at least 1 year of experience in dealing with suicide cases irrespective of the outcome will be included. * Qualification of Health professionals should be at least MBBS with permanent PMDCP registration. * Health professionals who are willing to participate voluntarily and provide written informed consent will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * Health Professionals with prior and present history of psychiatric consultation will be excluded. * Health Professionals without direct experience in handling suicidal patients will be excluded. * Nurses and Paramedical staff will be excluded from the study.

Locations (1)

International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan

Islamabad, Capital, Pakistan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Interview Protocol for Qualitative Study

A interview protocol for qualitative study will comprised of detailed demographic sheet and open ended questions.

Time frame: Day 1

Secondary Outcomes

The Understanding Suicidal Patients (USP) scale

The Understanding Suicidal Patients (USP) scale (Samuelsson, Asberg, \& Gustavsson, 1997) will be used to measure willingness to provide care to suicide attempters and to assess the professional's understanding and sympathy for these patients.

Time frame: Day 1

The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS-SF)

The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS-SF) is a 16-item short form have been developed to examine attitudes towards "a prototypical person who completed suicide"

Time frame: Day 1

Attitudes towards Suicide Scale

The scale is used to examine the respondents' opinions and attitudes towards suicide. Factors measured by the scale are: (1) acceptability of suicide; (2) suicide as a sign of mental illness; (3) the belief that persons who commit suicide will be punished after death; (4) the opinion that suicidal people should communicate their problems; (5) the intention to hide past suicidal behavior; and (6) the opinion that suicide should be discussed and reported openly among friends or in the news.

Time frame: Day 1

Attitudes towards Suicide Prevention Scale

Attitude toward suicide prevention scale is a 14-item, self-rated, 5-point Likert scale (Strongly agree to strongly disagree) will be used to asses attitudes towards suicide prevention.

Time frame: Day 1

Difficulties in Suicidal Behaviors Intervention Questionnaire - Version for Psychologists and Doctors (DSBQ)

Central Contacts

Syeda Ayat e Zainab Ali, PhD Scholar

CONTACT

+923121319004 zai_nab1@hotmail.com

Dr Tamkeen Saleem, PhD

CONTACT

(00)92-(0)51-9019887 tamkeen.saleem@iiu.edu.pk

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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