The Meaning of Suicidality for Older Persons With Suicidal Tendencies and Their Families

• Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT01729377
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 45
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 36
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of the proposed study is to examine the phenomenon of suicidality in old age and its unique characteristics. This will be performed through observing the multigenerational aging family from the life-course perspective, which enables the researchers to address life transitions, including crises leading to suicidal tendencies.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Suicide; Aged; Family	Other: Interview

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Anticipated Enrollment: 45 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Study Start Date: Apr 1, 2013
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Apr 1, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Suicidal older persons and their families Suicidal older persons and their families will be interviewed	Other: Interview

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Understanding older persons experiencing suicidality and their families [One and a half hours]

   In-depth interviews with older persons experiencing suicidality and their families - in order to understand them.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hebrew speaking

• Suicidal

• Families of elderly suicides

• Cognitive ability

Exclusion Criteria:

• All others

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hillel Yaffe Medical Center	Hadera		Israel	38100

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01729377
• Other Study ID Numbers: 290466-HYMC
• First Posted: Nov 20, 2012
• Last Update Posted: Nov 20, 2012
• Last Verified: Nov 1, 2012

• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Suicide

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 20, 2012