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The BEACON Study: Smartphone-Assisted Problem-Solving Therapy in Men Presenting to the ED With Self-Harm (Protocol A)

NCT03489382 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2021-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a smartphone-assisted problem-solving therapy (PST) service across Emergency Departments in Ontario. A total of 25 Emergency Departments have been randomized to either usual care or the smartphone-assisted PST service intervention. The main cluster randomized controlled trial will use data collected from the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) to assess the impact of this service on suicides and re-presentations to hospital for self-harm as well as other health service use one-year post study launch.

Conditions

  • Intentional Self-Harm
  • Suicide

Interventions

OTHER

Smartphone Assisted PST

Emergency Departments randomized to the study intervention will receive: 1. Staff education incorporated into regular teaching rounds at least twice a year about the management of self-harm in the Emergency Department. This will include the dissemination of guidelines on how to ask questions about suicide, assessment of suicide risk, the creation of a management plan and how to refer patients to local mental health resources, including the study. 2. Written materials developed by service users for men who self-harm that outline local resources, distress centre helplines, and follow-up arrangements. 3. The option to refer men who self-harm to a service that will deliver smartphone-assisted PST specifically designed for men.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Ottawa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Simon Hatcher, MD · University of Ottawa

  • Marnin Heisel, PhD · University of Western Ontario, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-31
Primary Completion
2020-10-31
Completion
2020-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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