A help sheet to reduce self-harm among people admitted to hospital for self-harm

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Hospital treated self-harm
Intentional self-harm

Registration Number: ISRCTN99488269

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Stirling (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 518

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male and female patients admitted to the Combined Assessment Area 6 of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with self-harm
2. Those with a past history of self-harm
3. Those with suicidal intent (associated with the present episode)
4. Age 16 + years no upper age range

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those below 16 years old
2. Those with no reported suicidal intent (associated with the present episode)
3. Those with no past history of self-harm prior to the index episode
4. Patients who are unfit for interview
5. Those from who informed consent cannot be gained
6. Those patients for whom English is not their first language
7. Those who are participating in other research at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
8. Those that present at the emergency department but are subsequently discharged without hospital admission

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Whether a participant re-presented to any hospital in Scotland with self-harm during the follow up period of six months<br>2. How many times a participant re-presented at hospital with self-harm during the six month follow up period. All of this information will be gathered from data from the nationally linked database held by the Information Services Division (ISD) of the NHS National Services Scotland. <br>3. Cost effectiveness of the self-help sheet, as measured by estimated incremental cost per self-harm event/suicide averted

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to representation at hospital with self-harm within the six month follow up period. This will be measured in weeks/months and this information will be gathered from data from the nationally linked database held by the Information Services Division (ISD) of the NHS National Services Scotland.