Trial reportCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023
Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04456062 (Using Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Using Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementation of caring contacts using patient feedback to reduce suicide-related outcomes following psychiatric hospitalization.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2024Article
- Co-designing discharge communication interventions for mental health visits to the pediatric emergency department: a mixed-methods study.Research involvement and engagement · 2024Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesCaring Contacts are an emerging intervention that aims to reduce distress and suicide risk after acute psychiatric care. This trial aimed to determine whether, during a pandemic, there was any evidence that the mental health benefits and reduction in suicidal ideation (SI) associated with delivering Caring Contacts to recently discharged psychiatric patients were greater than a control communication. The secondary objective was to identify whether the predicted benefits were greater among people living alone or those diagnosed with depression.
methodA single-site pilot randomized clinical trial (
resultsBoth groups experienced a significant worsening of mental health symptoms at all time points post-discharge relative to baseline. There were no significant differences between groups at any time point, however, on day 4 there was a 24.2% and 72.6% attenuated worsening in the Caring Contact group compared to the control group for total symptom severity and SI, respectively. There was no significant interaction effect for the depression subgroup or those living alone.
conclusionsWhile this pilot study was not powered to identify significant differences between groups, results are indicative of feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and provide some indication that Caring Contacts may have benefited patients in the days following discharge, supporting the need for larger-scale trials. The study was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (study ID NCT04456062).
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