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NCT number NCT06456762
Other study ID # 231812
Secondary ID R34MH132711-01A1
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 1, 2024
Est. completion date December 30, 2026

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This grant aims to develop and test a text-messaging intervention for parents of children and teens evaluated in the emergency department for a psychiatric emergency and discharged home with outpatient referrals. The intervention for parents will teach parents skills to navigate the mental health services system and build their self-efficacy in managing their child's mental health. This research has the potential to improve services for families seeking emergency psychiatric support, with the goal of facilitating treatment engagement and reducing emergency services utilization using scalable, cost-effective, accessible tools.


Description:

Rates of emergency department (ED) visits for psychiatric emergencies in adolescents have increased substantially in the past decade, including for suicidality, self-harm, and aggression. A substantial number of these adolescents will be discharged home from the ED with referrals to outpatient mental health treatment. Yet, engagement in outpatient mental health treatment among adolescents is low, and rates of repeated emergency services utilization are high, highlighting the need for better supports for these youth and families. While effective, brief interventions have been developed to directly support adolescents at the time of their ED visit, no evidence-based interventions have been developed to support parents of these youth. Further, the period following an emergency visit is known to be high risk, yet no existing services support parents during the transition home, while waiting for connection to outpatient services. In this intervention development study, the investigators seek to iteratively develop, refine, and test an automated, text-messaging intervention for parents of youth discharged from the ED after a psychiatric emergency. The 8-week intervention (iPEACE; intervention for parent education after care in the ED) will directly target (1) parent mental health literacy and (2) parent self-efficacy, with the goal of reducing ED utilization and enhancing outpatient mental health service use and engagement. In the first phase of the study, the investigators aim to develop and refine the intervention with stakeholder feedback. Parents (N=15) will receive the 8-week iPEACE starting immediately following ED discharge. Parents will provide both in-the-moment feedback via text-message surveys and in-depth feedback at the end of the 8-week period via semi-structured qualitative interviews and self-report measures. The investigators will also conduct qualitative interviews with enrolled parents' children and key ED stakeholders. The investigators will use this feedback to refine the intervention materials. In the second phase of the study, the investigators will conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (N=90), with n=30 parents randomized to enhanced usual care, n=30 randomized to enhanced usual care with text-message reminders, and n=30 randomized to receive iPEACE. Parents and their child evaluated in the ED will complete follow-up assessments at 4-, 8- and 24-weeks to assess key intervention targets (self-efficacy and mental health literacy) and youth outcomes (outpatient mental health service utilization, ED utilization, clinical symptom severity). The goals for the proposed project include: (1) developing and refining the iPEACE text-messaging intervention; and (2) piloting the iPEACE intervention compared to enhanced usual care only and enhanced usual care with text-message reminders to assess key study outcomes and mechanisms to inform a fully-power randomized trial. This R34 has important clinical implications, as findings from this study may support the testing and implementation of a digital health intervention to improve outcomes for high-risk youth and families. The proposed study has the potential to inform the provision of clinical services to support families during high-risk clinical transitions.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 90
Est. completion date December 30, 2026
Est. primary completion date November 30, 2026
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Parents or legal guardians of a child ages 11-17; - Parents or legal guardians must live with their child =50% of the time; - Child must be admitted to the pediatric emergency department for a mental health crisis; - Child must be discharged home from the emergency department with referrals to outpatient care. Exclusion Criteria: - Do not have daily access to a mobile phone that can receive SMS text messages; - Do not speak and read fluently in English.

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
iPEACE: Intervention for Parent Education about Care after the ED
Automated texting intervention for parents to increase engagement in their child's outpatient mental health treatment over an 8-week period.
Text Messaging Reminders Only
Weekly automated text reminders to instruct parents to make an appointment with their child's outpatient mental health provider over an 8-week period.

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Child and Adolescent Services Assessment: Outpatient Mental Health Service Utilization The Child and Adolescent Services Assessment will be used as a parent self-report measure that evaluates the total number of outpatient mental health appointments the participant's child attends during the follow-up period. The outcome will be a total count of the number of outpatient mental health appointments attended. 24 weeks
Primary Child and Adolescent Services Assessment: Emergency Department Services Use The Child and Adolescent Services Assessment will be used as a parent self-report measure to evaluate the number of psychiatric emergency department visits the participant's child has during the follow-up period. The outcome variable will be a dichotomous variable based on whether the child was readmitted to the emergency department during the follow-up period (yes/no). 24 weeks
Secondary Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire - Jr. Child suicidal thoughts will be assessed using the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-Jr. child self-report measure over follow up period. Scores range from 0-90, with higher scores reflecting higher suicidal ideation severity. The clinical cutoff score is 31. 24 weeks
Secondary Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview - Revised Child suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be assessed using an adapted version of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Revised (SITBI-R); the study will use a child self-report version of the SITBI-R. The SITBI-R will provide outcome scores on the presence or absence of a suicide attempt during the follow up period and the presence or absence of passive and active suicidal ideation during the follow up period. 24 weeks.
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