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Suicide prevention program at Khorram Abad, the capital of Lorestan province, Iran

Promotion of the Capacities of Primary Health Network of Khoram Abad to prevent suicide behaviors by identifying and managing the depressed patients.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT201008271959N4
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2010-09-23
Start date
2007-06-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Condition 1: suicide. Condition 2: suicide. Condition 3: suicide. Condition 4: suicide. Condition 5: suicide. Condition 6: suicide. Condition 7: suicide. Condition 8: suicide. Condition 9: suicide. Condition 10: suicide. Condition 11: suicide. Condition 12: suicide. Condition 13: suicide. Condition 14: suicide. Condition 15: suicide. Condition 16: suicide. Condition 17: suicide. Condition 18: suicide. Condition 19: suicide. Condition 20: suicide. Condition 21: suicide. Condition 22: suicide. Con

Interventions

Intervention 1: In the first step the capacity of the PHC network was improved in terms of the knowledge and skills of the staff, referral system in PHC network, registration system for suicide behavi
Prevention
In the first step the capacity of the PHC network was improved in terms of the knowledge and skills of the staff, referral system in PHC network, registration system for suicide behaviors and depresse
Control group was Koohdasht, 100 km away from Khorram Abad with similar socio-cultural features. In the control city, only the first step was performed in order to improve the capacity of its PHC ne

Sponsors

Bureau of mental health, Ministry of Health
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: no inclusion and exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Rate of attempted suicide and committed suicide. Timepoint: before and after one year of intervention. Method of measurement: comparing the statistics of Ministry of health and the data yielded in this study.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Rate of identified depressed cases by the network. Timepoint: before and after one-year intervention. Method of measurement: statistics yielded by the network.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Seyed Kazem Malakouti

Tehran Psychiatric Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences

kmalakouti@iums.ac.ir+98 21 6655 0200

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026