| Literature DB >> 25688921 |
John Kasckow1,2, Shasha Gao3, Barbara Hanusa4, Armando Rotondi4,5, Matthew Chinman6, Susan Zickmund3,7, John Gurklis8, Lauren Fox4, Jack Cornelius2,4, Ira Richmond9, Gretchen L Haas2,10.
Abstract
A telehealth system was developed to monitor risk following hospitalization for suicidal ideation. We hypothesized that 3 months of telehealth monitoring will result in a greater reduction in suicidal ideation. Veterans with schizophrenia admitted with recent suicidal ideation and/or a suicidal attempt were recruited into a discharge program of VA Usual Care with daily Health Buddy© monitoring (HB) or Usual Care (UC) alone. Fifteen of 25 were randomized to HB and 10 received UC. Daily adherence in the use of the HB system during months 1-3 was, respectively, 86.9%, 86.3%, and 84.1%. There were significant improvements in Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation scores in HB participants. There were no changes in depressive symptoms. Telehealth monitoring for this population of patients appears to be feasible. © Published 2015. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.Entities:
Year: 2015 PMID： 25688921 DOI： 10.1111/sltb.12154
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Suicide Life Threat Behav ISSN： 0363-0234