Help-seeking Intentions of ROTC Trainees

Musculoskeletal Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Peer-delivered Versus Authority-delivered Information on Help-seeking Intentions of ROTC Trainees

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05356598
• Other study ID #: UNLV-2022-55
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Contact: Joshua D Wooldridge, MS
• Phone: 5852016220
• Email: joshua.wooldridge[@]unlv.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Online survey measuring pre-post stigma and intentions to seek care for musculoskeletal injuries using peer and authority-delivered health promotion videos.

Description:

The survey will be hosted via QualtricsXM and accessible via an anonymous link. When participants open the survey, they will be presented with the survey's information sheet explaining the study's purpose and procedures. The information sheet will make it clear that completing the survey is voluntary and cadets may cease the survey at any time. Data from unfinished surveys will not be included in final analyses for any reports produced from this survey. Participants will complete demographics questions. Then, participants will answer injury reporting intentions and stigma questions, presented in a randomized order to reduce respondent fatigue. Participants will then watch a health promotion video that encourages reporting musculoskeletal injuries while in ROTC. Participants have the potential to be shown one of three videos: an officer-delivered health promotion, cadet-delivered health promotion, and a video of an officer exercising. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the three videos using the in-built randomization function within Qualtrics. After watching the video, participants will answer the stigma and intentions questions again. After, participants will be asked to provide an email address that will be used to send them a link to complete the survey a second time. The follow-up portion will ask for their unique identifier as described above and have the participants answer the stigma and intentions questions again. All data will be de-identified when exporting responses from Qualtrics. No reference will be made to any individual participant in any way when presenting or reporting these data.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 350
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 39 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-39

• Actively participating in a college or university senior ROTC program (Army, Air Force, or Naval)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anyone who does not meet inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Help-Seeking Behavior
• Musculoskeletal Injury

Intervention

Other:
• Authority-delivered Health promotion video
A video delivered by a US Army Lieutenant Colonel (authority figure) encouraging participants to seek help for musculoskeletal injuries experienced while in ROTC.
• Peer-delivered Health Promotion Video
A video delivered by a US Army ROTC cadet (peer) encouraging participants to seek help for musculoskeletal injuries experienced while in ROTC.
• Control Group Video
Video of a US Army First Lieutenant squatting, bench pressing, and deadlifting with voiceover. No mention of musculoskeletal injuries or help-seeking behavior.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in Stigma and Help-seeking Intentions Measured Before and After Health Promotion with Three-week Follow-up	Outcome will measure stigma and help-seeking intentions related to musculoskeletal injuries using an online survey. Survey items use a seven-point Likert scale where the most positive response is assigned the lowest number (1) while the most negative response is assigned the highest number (7).	Three weeks (baseline, immediately post intervention, and three weeks post intervention)