CHildhood Adversities and their impact on Suicidality (CHASe)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The role of CHildhood Adversities and their subsequent impact on mental ill-health and Suicidal behaviour (CHASe)
IRAS ID
246427
Contact name
Nadine J Dougall
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Edinburgh Napier University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
www.researchregistry.com, pending
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
The leading cause of death for young people (aged 10-34) in the UK is suicide, with more than 3,500 taking their own life in 2015. Effective help for people at risk would involve face to face contact with healthcare staff; however, this is expensive and with limited staff resources, we need to make sure we focus on those who need it most.
One group to focus on are those who have experienced childhood adverse experiences (ACEs). It is now known that many go on to develop major mental health problems, and some attempt suicide. However, it remains unknown who within this group exposed to childhood adverse experiences are most at risk. We propose to use existing hospital records data in order to find this out.
We seek approval to do a data study of people's hospital records in their lifetime prior to taking their own lives ('cases'). This is a 'case-control' study meaning we will also look at age, gender and geographically matched group of people who have not died by suicide 'controls'.
This study will analyse anonymised routinely available hospital data and is supported by the national electronic Data Research and Innovation Service (eDRIS) of the NHS information Services Division (ISD), Scotland. eDRIS will provide all the data which will be coded with unique identifier so that no personal information is revealed to the researchers.
Throughout this project we will work with a person with lived experience of ACEs to advise us on aspects of the project.
At a later point in the project (outwith the scope of this REC application) we will work with health professionals and experts in the field to begin to develop practical ways to identify people earlier, with more effective preventive care pathways, and with earlier treatment in life to those who need it most.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
18/NS/0054
Date of REC Opinion
4 May 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion