Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Suicide of Medical Students Through the School-Based Social Support System

November 13, 2008 updated by: Anhui Medical University
The purpose of this study is to determine whether school-based social support systems are effective in preventing suicide in medical students.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

12000

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • China
    • Anhui
      • Wuhu, Anhui, China, 241002
        • Recruiting
        • Wannan Medical College
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Medical university students Grades 1 through 2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Psychopath

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: 2
Behavioral: school-based social support system
Training gatekeeper recruited from students and tutors and counselors for group 1; training counsellors for group 2; No special intervention for group 3
No Intervention: 3
Behavioral: school-based social support system
Training gatekeeper recruited from students and tutors and counselors for group 1; training counsellors for group 2; No special intervention for group 3
Experimental: 1
Training gatekeeper recruited from students and tutors and counselors
Behavioral: school-based social support system
Training gatekeeper recruited from students and tutors and counselors for group 1; training counsellors for group 2; No special intervention for group 3

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Rate of suicide ideation
Time Frame: half of one year and one year after intervention
half of one year and one year after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Rate of suicide attempt
Time Frame: half of one year and one year after intervention
half of one year and one year after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Anhui Medical University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Yehuan Sun, Ph.D., Anhui Medical University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2007

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 30, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 30, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

August 31, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 14, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 13, 2008

Last Verified

November 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CMB-57

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