A Pilot Study of Mobile Telephone Message Interventions with Suicide Attempters in China
A Pilot Study of Mobile Telephone Message Interventions with Suicide Attempters in China
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DOI：
10.1027/0227-5910/a000017
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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3
通讯作者：
Liu, Xiao Xian
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作者：
Chen, Hui;Mishara, Brian L.;Liu, Xiao Xian
背景资料：在中国，对住院吸毒者的随访普遍缺乏，因此迫切需要一种廉价而有效的手段来保持联系和减少累犯。目的：我们的目的是测试出院后移动的电话信息联系是否可行，是否能被中国自杀者接受。研究方法：从中国武汉急诊科的自杀患者中招募了15名参与者，参与一项试点研究，在出院后接收移动的电话信息。所有与会者都可以使用移动的电话，用户接收短信不收费。结果如下：大多数与会者（12名）认为短信联系是一种可以接受和有用的帮助形式，并希望在更长的时间内继续接受这种联系。结论：这表明，作为一种低成本和快速的干预方法，在更密集的后续行动是不实际或可用的地区，电话信息联系是可以获得的，可行的，并为自杀未遂者所接受。我们希望这将激励未来的研究定期和长期的信息干预，以防止自杀未遂者的再犯。
Background: In China, where follow-up with hospitalized attempters is generally lacking, there is a great need for inexpensive and effective means of maintaining contact and decreasing recidivism. Aims: Our objective was to test whether mobile telephone message contacts after discharge would be feasible and acceptable to suicide attempters in China. Methods: Fifteen participants were recruited from suicide attempters seen in the Emergency Department in Wuhan, China, to participate in a pilot study to receive mobile telephone messages after discharge. All participants have access to a mobile telephone, and there is no charge for the user to receive text messages. Results: Most participants (12) considered the text message contacts an acceptable and useful form of help and would like to continue to receive them for a longer period of time. Conclusions: This suggests that, as a low-cost and quick method of intervention in areas where more intensive follow-up is not practical or available, telephone messages contacts are accessible, feasible, and acceptable to suicide attempters. We hope that this will inspire future research on regular and long-term message interventions to prevent recidivism in suicide attempters.