Michail, Maria, Cairns, Aimee, Preece, Emma and Mughal, Faraz (2022) Supporting general practitioners in the assessment and management of suicide risk in young people : an evaluation of an educational resource in primary care. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 23 . e50. doi:10.1017/s1463423622000433 ISSN 1463-4236.

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Abstract

Aim:
To conduct a local evaluation of the use of the educational resource: Suicide in Children and Young People: Tips for GPs, in practice and its impact on General Practitioners (GPs)’ clinical decision making.

Background:
This Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) resource was developed to support GPs in the assessment and management of suicide risk in young people.

Method:
The dissemination of the educational resource took place over a nine month period (February 2018–October 2018) across two Clinical Commissioning Groups in West Midlands. Subsequently, a survey questionnaire on GPs’ experiences of using the resource was sent to GPs in both Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

Findings:
Sixty-two GPs completed the survey: 21% reported that they had used the resource; most commonly for: (1) information; (2) assessing a young person; and (3) signposting themselves and young people to relevant resources. Five out of thirteen GPs (38.5%), who responded to the question about whether the resource had an impact on their clinical decision making, reported that it did; four (30.7%) responded that it did not; and four (30.7%) did not answer this question. Twenty out of thirty-two GPs (62.5%) agreed that suicide prevention training should be part of their NHS revalidation cycle. The generalizability of the findings is limited by the small sample size and possible response and social desirability bias. The survey questionnaire was not validated. Despite the limitations, this work can be useful in informing a future large-scale evaluation of the RCGP online resource to identify barriers and facilitators to its implementation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
SWORD Depositor:	Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Mental health policy -- Great Britain, Primary health care -- Great Britain, Physicians (General practice) -- Great Britain, Suicide -- Prevention
Journal or Publication Title:	Primary Health Care Research & Development
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1463-4236
Official Date:	2022
Dates:	Date Event 2022 Published 31 August 2022 Available 26 July 2022 Accepted
Volume:	23
Article Number:	e50
DOI:	10.1017/s1463423622000433
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	9 November 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	9 November 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID SFB 2018–2029 Royal College of General Practitioners http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010334 IPF-2017-11-002 [NIHR] National Institute for Health Research http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272 GP Career Progression Fellowship NIHR School for Primary Care Research http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013374 NIHR300957 [NIHR] National Institute for Health Research http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272

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