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Register:	ISRCTN
Last refreshed on:	13 January 2015
Main ID:	ISRCTN96382348
Date of registration:	18/11/2011
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	German Centre for Aerospace (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.) (Germany)
Public title:	Suicide prevention of women of Turkish origin in Berlin [Suizidprävention bei Berliner Frauen mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund]
Scientific title:	Suicide attempt rates and suicide prevention of women of Turkish origin in Berlin [Suizidversuchsraten und Suizidprävention bei Berliner Frauen mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund]
Date of first enrolment:	01/07/2009
Target sample size:	132500
Recruitment status:	Completed
URL:	http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN96382348
Study type:	Interventional
Study design:	Repeat cross-sectional controlled trial with a quasi-experimental design (Prevention)
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Countries of recruitment
Germany

Contacts

Name:	Andreas Heinz
Address:	Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Germany
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women aged 18 years or older
2. City of residence in one of the study centres (Berlin, Hamburg)
3. Turkish migration background (including: 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation)
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

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Gender: Female

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Suicide attempts
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Suicide

Intervention(s)

In the intervention region (Berlin):
1. Public awareness campaign (duration: 6 months)
2. Telephone hotline in Turkish language for women in emotional crisis (duration: 9 months)
3. Training of key persons. These include teachers, social workers, general practitioners, health workers who are working with the target population (duaration: 6 months).

In the control region (Hamburg):
No intervention will take place.

Scientific contact details:
Principal investigator:
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Heinz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Charité Mitte
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin
Germany

Primary Outcome(s)

Presentation of a suicide attempts in the target population in one of the participating emergency rooms:
1. The diagnosis is based on the clinical evaluation of a physician
2. Suicide attempts are classified according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) criteria

Secondary Outcome(s)

In the population-based survey:
1. Changes in information about psychiatric health care services
2. Changes in mental health service use

Secondary ID(s)

01EL0807

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Bundeministerium für Bildung und Forschung [BMBF]) (Germany) (ref: 01EL0807), Charité - University Medicine Berlin (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) (Germany), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany)

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