A Feasibility Study of a Suicide Prevention Video

N/ACompletedNCT05119946

Fraser Health60 enrolled

Overview

This initial study is a pilot feasibility study with a primary objective of assessing the feasibility of a larger study by evaluating the procedures and methodology, as well as collecting pilot data. The eventual research goal is to demonstrate whether a suicide prevention video in addition to standard care for suicidality is an effective strategy to reduce suicidal behaviours in individuals with a history of such. The suicide prevention video is developed as an educational tool to inform participants of the various consequences of suicide as well as giving a message of hope. It is hoped that such an approach will help to reduce future suicidal behaviours in those who have a history of such. If so, then this could be made as a part of the standard of care in treating patients with suicidality.

This pilot study will assess the study procedures and methodology to determine the feasibility of a larger study that will be done to asses for any difference in suicidal behaviours when the suicide prevention video is used in addition to standard of care. As such, the primary objectives will include: * Testing of recruitment, retention, consent, and assignment procedures * Validating the inclusion/exclusion criteria * Determining the acceptability and safety of the proposed intervention * Evaluating implementation procedures and methodology for the intervention * Evaluating the appropriateness of timing and frequency of data collection points * Evaluating the appropriateness and feasibility of the assessment tools * Obtaining parameters for sample size estimation for the larger study * Assessing the effectiveness of the video medium, content in the video and length of the video

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 19 years or older * Admitted to the Royal Columbian Hospital under psychiatric services * Individuals will have had suicidal behaviours as part of their presentation leading to hospitalization * Individuals must be at the level 2 observation privileges or higher * Individuals must be capable of giving consent to participate in the study * Individuals must speak and read English fluently Individuals admitted to the hospital as voluntary and involuntary (certified) patients Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with hearing or visual deficits that impairs hearing or viewing the SPV * Individuals who are under the influence of drugs, such as intoxication or active withdrawal * Individuals with established diagnoses of cognitive impairment affecting their ability to give consent, understand what is expected of them in the study or follow directions * Patients that require a substitute decision makers to provide consent * Individuals whose behaviors an/or cognition are actively affected by ongoing psychosis, including hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized behaviors * Individuals whose treating team assess them as likely to have a negative response to the SPV, for example paranoia around electronic devices * Patient's who's attending physiatrist is one of the study team members * Patients who are currently under the direct care of any of the investigators Patients that had acute suicidality in the last 24 hours

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

An assessment of suicidal behaviours following the use of a video intervention

To assess the change in suicidality of patients admitted for such using the Modified Scale for Suicidal Ideation after being given an educational video explaining common misinformation about suicide.

Time frame: 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

Mean change from baseline in the expression of suicidal ideation on the Modified Scale for Suicidal Ideation at 48 hours, 3 months and 6 months

To measure the change in suicidal behaviours after viewing the video using the "The Modified Scale for Suicidal Ideation". The scale is used to assess the presence or absence of suicide ideation and the degree of severity of suicidal ideas. The benefit of this scale is that it was developed so that paraprofessionals could administer the scale, yet demonstrated excellent internal consistency and interrater reliability, correlated highly with clinician's ratings of suicidal ideation and risk, and discriminated between suicide attempters and nonattempters prior to hospitalization. The scale would be administered at baseline, after watching the video and at 3 and 6 months after watching the video. Each question is scored for a total score that is interpreted as degree of suicidal ideation. Total score range is 0 to 54. Higher scores indicate more severe suicidal ideations. Changes in the total scores will be analyzed.