The Senior Connection: Design and rationale of a randomized trial of peer companionship to reduce suicide risk in later life

The Senior Connection: Design and rationale of a randomized trial of peer companionship to reduce suicide risk in later life

Abstract There is a pressing public health need to find interventions that reduce suicide risk in later life. Psychiatric and physical illness, functional decline, and social factors place seniors at risk for suicide. Reflecting this body of evidence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...

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Published in:Contemporary clinical trials Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 117 - 126
Main Authors: Van Orden, Kimberly A, Stone, Deborah M, Rowe, Jody, McIntosh, Wendy L, Podgorski, Carol, Conwell, Yeates
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-05-2013
Subjects:
Aged
Cardiovascular
Elderly
Friends - psychology
Geriatrics
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Peer Group
Prevention
Risk Factors
Social connectedness
Social Support
Suicide
Suicide Prevention
Prevention
Social connectedness
Suicide
Elderly
Geriatrics
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Summary:Abstract There is a pressing public health need to find interventions that reduce suicide risk in later life. Psychiatric and physical illness, functional decline, and social factors place seniors at risk for suicide. Reflecting this body of evidence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the promotion and strengthening of social connectedness, between and within the individual, family, community, and broader societal levels, as a key strategy for suicide prevention. The Senior Connection, a randomized trial of peer companionship for older adults, is described here, with an emphasis on the most novel features of the study design—grounding in a psychological theory of suicide and intervening at an early stage in the suicide risk trajectory by linking primary care patients with the Aging Services Provider Network.
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ISSN:1551-7144
1559-2030
DOI:10.1016/j.cct.2013.03.003