Effectiveness of post-discharge case management of patients who attempted suicide and self-injurious behavior through mobile messenger counseling
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
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: 239-247, 2019.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-758464
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Mobile messengers are becoming common methods to communicate among people in various fields. This study investigated the effectiveness of mobile messengers as a tool for post-discharge case management of emergency department patients who attempted suicide and self-harm.METHODS:
This study was a retrospective observational study of data collected prospectively. A total of 327 patients who attempted suicide and self-harm in the emergency department were divided into two groups a conventional protocol group with a face-to-face or phone call interview and a new protocol group with added mobile messenger counseling. The basic characteristics, such as sex, age, methods of suicide and self-harm attempt, consent for case management, and admission to a ward, were surveyed. The rates of successful case management (transfer to a local community center or follow-up to neuropsychiatric outpatient clinic, or both) were compared as a primary outcome between the two groups.RESULTS:
The conventional protocol group was 122 cases and the new protocol group was 205 cases. No significant differences in sex, age, methods of suicide and self-harm attempt, rate of consent to case management, and admission to a ward were observed between the two groups. On the other hand, the total successful management rate in mobile messenger group was higher than that of the other group (P=0.020).CONCLUSION:
This study showed that mobile messengers could be an alternative communication tool for the post-discharge case management of patients who attempted suicide and self-injurious behavior. Nevertheless, a well-designed future study might be needed to determine if that method would reduce the reattempt rate.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Suicídio
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Tentativa de Suicídio
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Estudos Prospectivos
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Seguimentos
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Comportamento Autodestrutivo
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Administração de Caso
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Aconselhamento
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Telefone Celular
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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