Citation

Noh D, Park YS, Oh EG. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2016; 30(1): 114-119.

Affiliation

College of Nursing, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2015.10.012

PMID

26804512

Abstract

AIM: To evaluate efficacy of telephone-delivered interventions following suicide attempts.

METHODS: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and narrative synthesis.

RESULTS: Five papers evaluating telephone interventions were included. Three studies provided suicide attempters with telephone contact intervention, and two studies provided deliberate self-harm patients with crisis cards to help after discharge. Meta-analyses showed that telephone contact intervention did not significantly reduce further suicide attempts and completed suicides, and the crisis card did not significantly reduce further deliberate self-harm.

CONCLUSION: Telephone-delivered interventions have been suggested as an alternative to face-to-face psychotherapy, but their effectiveness in reducing the recurrence of suicide attempts is not supported.

Language: en