Prevention of suicide behaviour in prison (work packages 3 and 4)
- Conditions
- Suicidal behaviourMental and Behavioural DisordersSuicidal ideation
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14056534
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Manchester
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 380
Current inclusion criteria as of 14/03/2022:
For the RCT (WP3):
1. Male Prisoner (defined as a person sentenced to imprisonment in a male prison)
2. Aged over 18 years - updated 07/03/2022: aged 18 years or over
3. At current risk of suicide behaviour as indicated by currently being on the host prison's ACCT system, or on the ACCT system within the four weeks prior to consent.
4. Able to complete a battery of self-report measures with breaks if needed
5. Willing to consent to being subject to a 'holding order' to require them to remain within the host prison for the duration of their participation in the trial.
For the Process Evaluation Interviews (WP4)
Prison participants:
1. Is a participant on the Prospect RCT randomised to receive the Prospect programme.
Staff participants:
2. Is a member of staff currently working in the prison in a role that involves the care and/or management of prisoners who engage in suicide behaviour.
OR
3. Is a member of staff directly involved in delivering the Prospect programme.
Observation study:
Shadowing of prisoner participants:
1. Is a participant on the Prospect RCT randomised to receive the Prospect programme.
Staff participants:
2. Is a member of staff currently working in the prison in a role that involve the care and/or management of prisoners who engage in suicide behaviour.
3. Has taken part in the process evaluation interviews
But observation could also include:
Any prisoner or member of staff present during an observation session and not having asked to be excluded.
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Previous inclusion criteria:
For the RCT (WP3):
1. Male Prisoner (defined as a person sentenced to imprisonment in a male prison)
2. Aged over 18 years - updated 07/03/2022: aged 18 years or over
3. At current risk of suicide behaviour according to the host prison’s ACCT system
4. Able to complete a battery of self-report measures with breaks if needed
5. Willing to be placed on a holding order to remain in the host prison for the duration of their participation.
For the Process Evaluation Interviews (WP4)
Prison participants:
1. Is a participant on the Prospect RCT randomised to receive the Prospect programme.
Staff participants:
2. Is a member of staff currently working in the prison in a role that involves the care and/or management of prisoners who engage in suicide behaviour.
OR
3. Is a member of staff directly involved in delivering the Prospect programme.
Observation study:
Shadowing of prisoner participants:
1. Is a participant on the Prospect RCT randomised to receive the Prospect programme.
Staff participants:
2. Is a member of staff currently working in the prison in a role that involve the care and/or management of prisoners who engage in suicide behaviour.
3. Has taken part in the process evaluation interviews
But observation could also include:
Any prisoner or member of staff present during an observation session and not having asked to be excluded.
For the RCT (WP3):
1. Planned release within next 9 months
2. Insufficient knowledge of English to enable adequate participation in the assessment process
3. Deemed by prison staff to be too dangerous/elevated risk of harm to the researcher
4. Lacking capacity to provide informed consent
For the process evaluation (WP4):
Prison participants:
1. Deemed by prison staff to be too dangerous/elevated risk of harm to the researcher
Staff participants:
There are no exclusion criteria for staff participants
Observation study:
1. Any member of staff or prisoner who informs the researcher that they do not wish to be included in the observation study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Suicidal ideation as measured by the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation at 6 months post randomisation<br>2. Number of occurrences of suicidal behaviour during the last 6 months collected via self-report from participants with researchers using an adapted version of the Suicide Attempt – Self-Injury Interview to improve recall and reporting of suicide behaviour
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method