Zero Self-Harm app: a mobile phone application to reduce non-suicidal self-injury-study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a growing healthcare problem. Individuals with NSSI have an increased risk of suicidality. Due to stigma, they may self-injure in secret, which means they might not seek help until events have escalated to include suicidal ideation or a mental disorder. Interventions delivered via mobile phone applications (apps) have been linked to reductions in self-injury. This protocol outlines a trial, which examines whether the Zero Self-Harm intervention, consisting of an app for people with NSSI, can reduce the number of NSSI episodes, suicide ideation, and depressive symptoms.

Methods

The trial will be conducted as a 6-month 2-arm, parallel-group, multicentre, pragmatic, randomized clinical superiority trial. The intervention group will

SUBMITTER: Guerrero E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859016 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature