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Abou El-Magd Ahmed R, Urichuck L, Surood S, Li D, Greenshaw A, Grunau M, McNeil L, Challborn I, Grauwiler D, Olson R, Agyapong V
Family Members’ Perspectives on Family and Social Support Available to Suicidal Patients, and Health Systems’ Interactions and Responses to Suicide Cases in Alberta: Protocol for a Quantitative Research Study
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Family Members’ Perspectives of Family and Social Support available to Suicidal Patients, the Health Systems Interactions and Responses to Completed Suicides in Alberta - Quantitative Research Study
Rabab Abou El-Magd Ahmed;
Liana Urichuck;
Shireen Surood;
Daniel Li;
Andrew Greenshaw;
Mara Grunau;
Laureen McNeil;
Ione Challborn;
David Grauwiler;
Robert Olson;
Vincent Agyapong
ABSTRACT
Background:
Suicide is a major cause of preventable death globally and a leading cause of death by injury in Canada. In order to support people who experience suicidal thoughts and behaviours and to ultimately prevent people from dying by suicide, it is important to understand the individual and familial experiences with the health care system.
Objective:
To explore how people who died by suicide, and their family members, interacted with the health care system.
Methods:
This study utilizes a quantitative research design. Data will be collected through self-administered paper-based and/or online survey of the family member of patients who completed
suicide. A sample size was predetermined on the assumption that with an annual average of 500 people dying by suicide in Alberta, a 95% confidence interval and one family member per suicide decedent completing the survey, the sample size needed to estimate the family members' perspectives of health system interactions, family and social support for suicidal patients with the margin of error + 3% will be 385.
Results:
We expect the results to shed light on the experiences of individuals who died by suicide, and the experience of their family members, with the health care system.
Conclusions:
Our study results may inform practice, policy and further research. They may shape how members of the health care system respond to people who are at risk of suicide, and their families. Clinical Trial: The study has received ethical clearance from the Health Ethics Research Board of the University of Alberta (Pro00096342).
Citation
Please cite as:
Abou El-Magd Ahmed R, Urichuck L, Surood S, Li D, Greenshaw A, Grunau M, McNeil L, Challborn I, Grauwiler D, Olson R, Agyapong V
Family Members’ Perspectives on Family and Social Support Available to Suicidal Patients, and Health Systems’ Interactions and Responses to Suicide Cases in Alberta: Protocol for a Quantitative Research Study