Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr David Gunnell
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Bristol
Department of Social Medicine
Canynge Hall
Whiteladies Road
Bristol
BS8 2PR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 9287253
D.J.Gunnell@Bris.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
C/HP/07/11.95/Gunnell
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
DASH
Study hypothesis
To what extent can a general practitioner (GP) based intervention affect the rate of repetition of deliberate self harm?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention
1. GP intervention
2. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Deliberate self-harm repetition rates
2. Cost effectiveness of the intervention
3. Production of GP management guidelines for DSH
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/1996
Overall trial end date
30/09/2000
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients attending accident and emergency (A&E) departments in Bristol and Bath after an episode of deliberate self harm (DSH), registered with general practitioners in Avon.
1932 - patients were studied in total.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
1932
Participant exclusion criteria
Cases of alcohol taken alone and illicit drug overdose, except where the casualty officer felt that the purpose of the act was self-harm or suicide.
Recruitment start date
01/10/1996
Recruitment end date
30/09/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Bristol
Bristol
BS8 2PR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive South West (UK)
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
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12028981
Publication citations
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Results
Bennewith O, Stocks N, Gunnell D, Peters TJ, Evans MO, Sharp DJ, General practice based intervention to prevent repeat episodes of deliberate self harm: cluster randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2002, 324, 7348, 1254-1257.