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Exploring a new approach to preventing self-harm in psychiatric inpatient hospitals

Feasibility trial of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) to prevent self-harm events in an inpatient care setting

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11247151
Enrollment
24
Registered
2024-06-17
Start date
2023-11-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-14

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

Conditions

Suicidal self-harm Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Participating inpatient care wards across two NHS Trusts will be randomly assigned to two groups. Participants will be randomised and then take part in the same 4-month intervention at a different tim

Sponsors

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Between the ages of 18 - 65 years 2. Inpatient on one of the participating wards 3. Staff participants must be permanent members of staff 4. Staff participants must have completed all the relevant mandatory Trust risk management training 5. Staff member on one of the participating wards who have attended JITAI training

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not fluent in English 2. Patients who are in seclusion 3. Patients assessed not to have the capacity to consent to take part- only participants deemed to have the mental capacity to provide informed consent will be included, this may fluctuate, so we can include patients who may gain capacity during the active phase of data collection 4. Agency staff members

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Staff self-evaluation of the efficacy of risk assessment will be measured using the Risk Assessment and Management Self-Efficacy Scale (RAMSES) at the start of the trial, month 4 and month 8

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Measured at admission: 1. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, DASS-21 2. The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) 3. Quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction questionnaire (Q-LES-Q) 4. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test AUDIT-10 Measured daily: 1. The Daily Index (DI-5) 2. World Health Organisation Wellbeing Index (WB-10) 3. Items from the Perceived Mastery Scale (PM) Qualitative interviews will be conducted with some participating staff at the end of the study to gain views on experiences of using the JITAI method in clinical practice and the barriers and enablers to this.

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactIbreeze Ahmed
iahmed6@sheffield.ac.uk-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 17, 2026