@article{ref1,
title="Aftercare and suicide reattempt prevention in Tehran, Iran",
journal="Crisis",
year="2021",
author="Malakouti, Seyed Kazem and Nojomi, Marzieh and Ghanbari, Behrooz and Rasouli, Nafee and Khaleghparast, Shiva and Farahani, Ida Ghaemmagham",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: A previous suicide attempt is one of the strongest risk factors for subsequent suicide. Effective care following a suicide attempt may reduce the risk of suicide reattempts. Aims: We aimed to investigate the effect of a brief educational intervention and contact program on suicide reattempts. <br><br>METHOD: This study was performed as a randomized clinical trial (RCT) recruiting 305 individuals who had attempted suicide (brief intervention and contact = 153 individuals, BIC; treatment as usual = 152 individuals, TAU) who were referred to Baharlu Hospital in Tehran. The SUPRE-MISS questionnaire and a discharge follow-up questionnaire were used for data collection. Cox proportional hazard models and log-rank tests were used to assess the association of the variable with the event (reattempt). Kaplan-Meier curves were used to depict the time to the event of reattempt. <br><br>RESULTS: In the BIC group, 11% of the individuals had attempted suicide once, and 25% of the TAU group had attempted suicide once (12.4%), twice (9.3%), and three times (3.8%), respectively. The results of Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated the mean time of reattempt in the BIC (0.76) and TAU groups (0.25) as the fourth and second months of follow-up, respectively (log rank, χ(2) = 12.48, p <.001). The hazard ratio for the TAU group was 2.57 (95% CI [1.4, 5.9]). Limitations: Loss to follow-up due to stigma is one of the serious problems of follow-up services. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Implementing a brief educational intervention and contact program on suicide reattempts is feasible and effective in reducing the rate of reattempt; however, it should be accommodated within the mental health services of the county.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000754",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000754"
}