Developing Text-based Support for Parents of Adolescents After an Emergency Department Visit

Suicide Clinical Trial

Official title:

Developing Text-based Support for Parents of Suicidal Adolescents After Emergency Department Visits: A Multi-component Intervention Pilot

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05058664
• Other study ID #: HUM00184110
• Secondary ID: 1R34MH124767-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 8, 2021
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The researchers seek to develop a text message intervention for caregivers of adolescents at elevated suicide risk following discharge from emergency department (ED) care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 240
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years and older

Eligibility

Parent eligibility:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent of eligible teen

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not owning a cell phone with text messaging capability. Teen eligibility:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Recent suicidal ideation (within last 2 weeks) and/or suicide attempt within the last month.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Youth with severe cognitive impairment or altered mental status (e.g., psychosis, manic state)
• Youth with severe aggression/agitation
• No availability of a legal guardian

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Suicide

Intervention

Behavioral:
• A-F texting component
Over the course of the 6-week intervention parents in the A-F condition will receive 1 message each day.
• P-F texting component
Over the course of the 6 week intervention, parents will receive between 1-2 messages, depending on randomization (in addition to A-F component messages)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage of eligible participants who agree to participate in the study		Baseline
Primary	Percentage of participants who complete follow-up assessments		Up to 12 weeks
Primary	Percentages of participants randomized to the intervention who remain active (i.e. do not request to stop receiving messages) (Texting arms only)		Up to 12 weeks
Primary	Participating parents' satisfaction with the intervention	Measured using the Modified Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) with a range of 1-4 with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction	Up to 12 weeks