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Effects of Community-based Caring Contact on Post-discharge Young Adults With Self-harm

NCT03081078 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2020-10-19

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Summary

The study will determine whether community-based caring contact via a mobile app connection with or without volunteer support in addition to treatment as usual (psychiatric and psychosocial treatments) has an effect on suicidal ideation and treatment compliance among post-discharge self-harm young adults.

Conditions

  • Self Inflicted Injury
  • Suicide and Self Inflicted Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Volunteer support

Each participant will be matched with a pair of trained volunteers (under pre-determined safety measures), who will initiate caring contact via telephone or text messages at least twice a month for two months. Participants will be free to respond or not.

OTHER

Mobile app

Participants will receive programmed care messages and reminders of community resources and healthcare contacts on a regular basis. The app will also provide simple self-help mood checking and relaxation exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • United Christian Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • North District Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yik-wa Law, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-01
Primary Completion
2021-03-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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