Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Grant Blashki
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of General Practice
The University of Melbourne
200 Berkeley Street
Carlton
3053
Australia
+61 (0)4 0766 2771
gblashki@unimelb.edu.au
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
SIM
Study hypothesis
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
Ethics approval is currently in progress at the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee
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
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
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
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
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 trial start date
31/01/2007
Overall trial end date
31/12/2007
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
GPs registered in the state of Victoria, Australia. This study does not involve patients.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
56 GPs in total, 28 in each arm of the study
Participant exclusion criteria
None specified
Recruitment start date
31/01/2007
Recruitment end date
31/12/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Trial participating centre
Department of General Practice
Carlton
3053
Australia
Sponsor information
Organisation
The beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders (Australia)
Sponsor details
PO Box 6100
West Hawthorn
3122
Australia
+61 (0)3 9810 6100
bb@beyondblue.org.au
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
The beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders (Australia)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary