Reducing Suicide In Men through general practice (The SIM Study)

ISRCTN	ISRCTN69138439
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN69138439
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

Submission date: 23/01/2007
Registration date: 04/05/2007
Last edited: 23/09/2021

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Grant Blashki
Scientific

Department of General Practice
The University of Melbourne
200 Berkeley Street
Carlton
3053
Australia

Phone	+61 (0)4 0766 2771
Email	gblashki@unimelb.edu.au

Study information

Study design	This study is a randomised controlled trial of the SIM training package, with GPs randomised to training and wait-listed (control) groups.
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Prevention
Scientific title	Reducing Suicide In Men through general practice (The SIM Study)
Study acronym	SIM
Study objectives	The objectives of this study are to examine whether General Practitioners (GPs) who have completed the Suicide In Men (SIM) training package in assessing and managing suicide risk in men, demonstrate: 1. An increased understanding of the science, epidemiology, interventions and statistics related to male suicide 2. A raised awareness of the scale of the problem and the barriers to managing it 3. Increased competency to improve suicide assessment and management of at-risk patients
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics approval is currently in progress at the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Depression and suicide risk in male general practice patients
Intervention	The SIM education package includes: 1. A training workshop 2. Completion of a ten minute survey before and after training 3. Undertake two 30 minute simulated patient consultations at their practice during the study
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	GPs improvement in: 1. Knowledge 2. Attitude/awareness of suicide management 3. Competence in the assessment and management of male suicide risk
Secondary outcome measures	Comparison of pre-training GP knowledge and attitudes with performance in simulated consultations will be undertaken
Overall study start date	31/01/2007
Completion date	31/12/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	56 GPs in total, 28 in each arm of the study
Key inclusion criteria	GPs registered in the state of Victoria, Australia. This study does not involve patients.
Key exclusion criteria	None specified
Date of first enrolment	31/01/2007
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Australia

Study participating centre

Department of General Practice

Carlton
3053
Australia

Sponsor information

The beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders (Australia)
Government

PO Box 6100
West Hawthorn
3122
Australia

Phone	+61 (0)3 9810 6100
Email	bb@beyondblue.org.au
Website	http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=6.841
"ROR"	https://ror.org/05mwvz623

Funders

Funder type

Government

The beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders (Australia)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article		10/09/2013	23/09/2021	Yes	No

Editorial Notes

23/09/2021: Publication reference added.