A study of interventions for self-harm in men's prisons
- Conditions
- Self-HarmMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13567753
- Lead Sponsor
- ancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 162
Study Participants – Men in Prison
1. Remand and sentenced prisoners with personal experience of self-harm in prison.
2. 18 years or over.
Staff Participants (Mapping)
1. 22 Safer Custody staff (prison staff who manage risk of self-harm), 22 secondary mental health staff
Staff Participants (Focus groups/interviews)
1. A least one representative from prison officers, primary care and secondary mental healthcare, Safer Custody
Study Participants – Men in Prison
1. Unable to provide informed consent.
2. Men where risk to others means that individual interviews could not be conducted.
3. Unable to take part in an interview in English.
4. Men who are too distressed/unwell to participate.
Staff Participants (Mapping)
1. Staff without experience of working with men who self-harm.
2. Staff who are unable to take part in an interview in English.
Staff Participants (Focus groups/interviews)
1. Staff without experience of working with men who self-harm.
2. Staff unable to take part in an interview in English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measured at a single time point:<br>1. Current service provision for self-harm measured using the TIDieR checklist <br>2. Prisoners' views on self-harm interventions using qualitative interviews, analysed using Framework Analysis<br>3. Prison staff views on self-harm interventions using qualitative interviews, analysed using Framework Analysis<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There are no secondary outcome measures