| Home | Search | Study Topics | Glossary |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Descriptive Information Fields | |||||
| Brief Title † | Evaluation of a School-Based Training Program for Suicide Prevention | ||||
| Official Title † | RCT of Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention | ||||
| Brief Summary | This study will determine whether a training program designed to help school staff members identify adolescents at risk for suicide will increase the number of students who are referred to mental health services. |
||||
| Detailed Description | The rate of suicide among adolescents has significantly increased in recent years. Psychiatric disorders are often associated with increased suicide risk; therefore, the ability to identify adolescents with signs of depression and other psychiatric conditions is clear. This study will determine the effectiveness of a suicide prevention training program called Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) in increasing the number of potentially suicidal adolescents who are referred to mental health services. The training is designed to help school staff recognize signs that a student may be suicidal, provide tips on how to question students about any suicidal thoughts they may have, and provide techniques to persuade students to seek suicide prevention help. School staff will be randomly assigned to either receive QPR training for 2 years starting immediately or be placed on a waiting list for later training. The rates of referral to the school district's prevention/intervention centers will be used to assess the effectiveness of QPR training. In addition, the impact of QPR training on school staff members' knowledge and attitudes about intervening with at-risk students will be assessed through surveys at four time points over the 2-year study duration with a randomly selected portion of staff in the 32 participating schools. Surveys completed by randomly selected 8th and 10th grade students will also be used to determine whether the intervention is effective in reducing suicidal thoughts or attempts. Study hypothesis: More students in schools that have Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)-trained staff will be referred for a mental health evaluation than in schools without QPR-trained staff. |
||||
| Study Phase | Phase II, Phase III | ||||
| Study Type † | Interventional | ||||
| Study Design † | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study | ||||
| Primary Outcome Measure † | Rates of referrals for students identified as suicidal risks school staff knowledge and attitudes outcomes of mental health evaluations for accurate detection of suicidal risk |
||||
| Secondary Outcome Measure † | |||||
| Condition † | Suicide | ||||
| Intervention † | Behavioral: Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) training | ||||
| MEDLINE PMIDs | |||||
| Links | |||||
| Recruitment Information Fields | |||||
| Recruitment Status † | Recruiting | ||||
| Enrollment † | 50000 | ||||
| Start Date † | March 2004 | ||||
| Completion Date | |||||
| Eligibility Criteria † | Inclusion Criteria for School Staff Members:
Inclusion Criteria for Students:
|
||||
| Gender | Both | ||||
| Ages | |||||
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers | Yes | ||||
| Contacts †† |
|
||||
| Location Countries † | United States | ||||
| Administrative Information Fields | |||||
| NCT ID † | NCT00118443 | ||||
| Organization ID | R34 MH71189 | ||||
| Secondary IDs †† | DSIR 82-SEDR | ||||
| Study Sponsor † | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | ||||
| Collaborators †† | |||||
| Investigators † |
|
||||
| Information Provided By | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | ||||
| Verification Date | June 2006 | ||||
| First Received Date † | July 6, 2005 | ||||
| Last Updated Date | June 5, 2006 | ||||
|
