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A Community Intervention Trial of Multimodal Suicide Prevention Program in Japan (NOCOMIT-J)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Suicide
Registration Number
NCT00737165
Lead Sponsor
Japan Foundation for Neuroscience and Mental Health
Brief Summary

1. The primary goal for this study is to examine the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in relatively high suicide rate region compared to control region.

2. The secondary goal for this study is to explore the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in the highly populated regions. In addition, we examine the effectiveness of the prevention program in the all regions combined.

Detailed Description

Suicide is a major public health problem and the number of suicide victims has exceeded 30,000 a year since 1998 in Japan. Suicide rate is almost 25/100,000, which are remarkably high numbers among advanced countries. To examine the effectiveness of community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention, a trial by J-MISP (Japanese Multimodal Intervention Trials for Suicide Prevention). This research project is one of the strategic research projects funded by The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1951060
Inclusion Criteria
  • Areas which meet the following criteria are eligible for this study;

    • An area with firm support from local government and other organizations to conduct this multimodal suicide prevention program
    • An area capable to select intervention and control regions
    • An area capable to follow the data collection procedure described in the protocol
    • An area with comparable baseline data on suicide attempts rate in intervention and control region
    • An area with comparable baseline data on demographics in intervention and control region
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of suicide attempts (completed suicides and suicide attempts except mild case )3.5years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of completed suicides3.5years
Incidence of suicide attempts3.5 years

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Chiba region group

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Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

Kita-Kyusyu region group

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Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan

Iwate region group

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Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Sendai region group

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Akita region group

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Akita, Japan

Aomori region gruop

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Aomori, Japan

Minami Kyusyu region group

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Kagoshima and Miyazaki, Japan

Chiba region group
🇯🇵Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

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