NCT04235127

The Catalonia Suicide Risk Code Epidemiology Study: an Epidemiological Study of Suicide Attempts in Catalonia, Spain

The Catalonia Suicide Risk Code Epidemiology Study: a Two-Stage Exposure-Enriched Nested Case-Control Study of Suicide Attempts in Catalonia, Spain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 186,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Suicide attempts (SA) constitute a major public health issue worldwide. Research suggests that 2.7% of adult people ever attempt suicide; among children and adolescents this is estimated to be 6.0%. SA are related to subsequent suicide which represents an annual loss of 34.6 million years of life worldwide. Suicide attempts are also related to persistent physical and mental health issues, psychiatric hospitalizations, impaired academic performance, unemployment, partner abuse victimization and perpetration, having children removed by social services, loneliness, relationship difficulties, impaired social functioning and low life satisfaction. Despite this considerable societal impact, there is a lack of epidemiological research focussing on providing suicide attempt surveillance in the population, to inform public health action aimed at reducing risk for suicide attempts in the population, and to provide data-driven support for suicide risk assessment across healthcare settings. To address this shortcoming, the investigators designed the Catalonia Suicide Risk Code Epidemiology study. Using centralized Electronic Healthcare Record data from the entire public healthcare system of Catalonia, Spain, the CSRC-Epi study aims to estimate reliable suicide incidence rates, identify suicide attempt risk factors, and develop validated suicide attempt risk prediction tools.

Conditions

• Suicide, Attempted
• Suicide
• Suicide and Self-harm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	sociodemographic variables, somatic conditions, mental disorders, treatment and drug use	* sociodemographic variables * history of self-injurious behaviours; all types of somatic conditions; neurodevelopmental, mental, behavioural, personality and substance use disorders; all types of medical procedures performed; and number and type of healthcare contacts. * prescriptions for psychopharmacological products * the Suicidal Scale of the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, the type and lethality of the attempt that warranted evaluation, presence and type of mental disorder, hopelessness, impulsivity, aggressiveness, altered state of conscience, use or dependence of alcohol, use or dependence of illicit drugs, serious somatic disease (including chronic diseases, chronic pain, and disabilities), living status, presence of family or social support, social problems, stressful life events, access to lethal means, and family history of suicide

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2020-01-21
• Last updated: 2020-01-28