Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2005
Postcards from the EDge project: randomised controlled trial of an intervention using postcards to reduce repetition of hospital treated deliberate self poisoning.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 83 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of a "Case Management Algorithm" After a Suicide Attempt in Terms of Repetition of the Suicidal Behaviors and Medico-economic Impact
Caring Letters for Military Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Multicenter Randomized Prevention Trial of Recurrence of Suicide Attempt by Adolescent by Sending SMS (MEDIACONNEX)
Who cites it
83 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Suicide during Transition of Care: a Review of Targeted Interventions.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2020Pooled it
- Manually-generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Mechanisms of brief contact interventions in clinical populations: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2016Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Opportunities for engaging low-income, vulnerable populations in health care: a systematic review of homeless persons' access to and use of information technologies.American journal of public health · 2013Pooled it
- "Keep up the messages, sometimes it was a lifesaver": Effects of cultural adaptation on a suicide prevention clinical trial in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Trial
- Comparative effectiveness of two versions of a caring contacts intervention in healthcare providers, staff, and patients for reducing loneliness and mental distress: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Trial
- Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023Trial
- Intervening on Thwarted Belongingness and Perceived Burdensomeness to Reduce Suicidality Among Veterans: Subanalyses From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Behavior therapy · 2019Trial
- Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel With Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2019Trial
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- A brief psychological intervention to reduce repetition of self-harm in patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt: a randomised controlled trial.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2017Trial
- A Novel Therapy for People Who Attempt Suicide and Why We Need New Models of Suicide.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Trial
- MEDIACONNEX: a multicenter randomised trial based on short message service to reduce suicide attempt recurrence in adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2016Trial
- SIAM (Suicide intervention assisted by messages): the development of a post-acute crisis text messaging outreach for suicide prevention.BMC psychiatry · 2014Trial
- Employing crisis postcards with case management in Kaohsiung, Taiwan: 6-month outcomes of a randomised controlled trial for suicide attempters.BMC psychiatry · 2013Trial
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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether an intervention using postcards (postcards from the EDge project) reduces repetitions of hospital treated deliberate self poisoning.
designRandomised controlled trial.
settingRegional referral service for general hospital treated deliberate self poisoning in Newcastle, Australia.
participants772 patients aged over 16 years with deliberate self poisoning.
interventionNon-obligatory intervention using eight postcards over 12 months along with standard treatment compared with standard treatment alone.
main outcome measuresProportion of patients with one or more repeat episodes of deliberate self poisoning and the number of repeat episodes for deliberate self poisoning per person in 12 months.
resultsThe proportion of repeaters with deliberate self poisoning in the intervention group did not differ significantly from that in the control group (57/378, 15.1%, 95% confidence interval 11.5% to 18.7% v 68/394, 17.3%, 13.5% to 21.0%: difference between groups -2%, -7% to 3%). In unadjusted analysis the number of repetitions were significantly reduced (incidence risk ratio 0.55, 0.35 to 0.87).
conclusionA postcard intervention reduced repetitions of deliberate self poisoning, although it did not significantly reduce the proportion of individual repeaters.
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