ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2016
Effect of phone call versus face-to-face follow-up on recurrent suicide attempts prevention in individuals with a history of multiple suicide attempts.
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- Synchronous remote-based interventions for suicidal behaviour prevention: a systematic review and meta-analyses of clinical trials.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review and theory of change.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy halves the risk of repeated suicide attempts: systematic review.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of brief interventions and contacts after suicide attempt: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- "Quite simply they don't communicate": a case study of a National Health Service response to staff suicide.Medical humanities · 2024Article
- The Zero Suicide Model: Applying Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Practices to Clinical Care.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the efficacy of different ways of communications on prevention of suicidal reattempt, we compared the efficacy of phone call versus face-to-face follow-up in patients with previous attempt. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn a randomized controlled clinical trial, 55 suicide reattempters who were admitted to the poisoning emergency were divided into phone call (29 patients) and face-to-face (26 patients) groups randomly. They were followed at 8 occasions: 2
resultsThe status of "hope" and "interest" improved in both groups, but it showed more significant difference in the face-to-face group. Suicidal thoughts in both groups decreased over time, and this was more significant in the face-to-face group. However, we did not found any significant difference in the frequency of the suicidal reattempts between two groups.
conclusionFace-to-face versus phone call follow-up of suicide attempters can significantly alleviate suicidal thoughts and improve hopes and interests.
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