Digital Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST) Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Suicide
• Interventions: Behavioral: eYST website

• Registration Number: NCT05900700
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

The Electronic Youth-Nominated Support Team (eYST), is experimental. The purpose of this study is to get feedback from users about eYST. Another purpose of this study is to learn how well eYST helps youth.

Detailed Description

Assessment data from multiple stakeholders (i.e., youth, parents, and support adults) will be collected at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks via self-report and semi-structured interviews.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-02
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-12
• Study Start: 2023-11-27
• Primary Completion: 2024-09-30
• Study Completion: 2024-09-30
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

1. Inpatient psychiatric patients who have attempted suicide or have documented Suicide ideation (SI) and a plan to harm themselves at admission.
2. Understand written and spoken English.
3. Own a smartphone or mobile phone.
4. Willing and able to complete enrollment procedures.
5. Parent or guardian and youth able to understand the nature of the study and provide written informed consent and assent for youth
6. Patients who are able to provide at least one verifiable contact for emergency or tracking purposes.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with active psychosis.
2. Patients experiencing substance withdrawal.
3. Currently enrolled in other treatment studies for the symptoms and behaviors targeted.
4. Patient unwilling or unable to wear a mask during in person study procedures, if mandated due to current COVID/health safety guidelines.
5. Patients who in the judgment of the investigator would have an unfavorable risk or benefit profile with respect to eYST.
6. Any other psychiatric or medical condition or custody arrangement that in the investigators' opinion would preclude informed consent or assent or participation in the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
eYST website	eYST website	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of use of app	Up to week 12	Frequency of eYST platform use will be tracked for each participant user. The researchers will record the number of logins.
System Usability Scale (SUS) score System Usability Scale (SUS)	Up to week 14	10-item measure. Scores range from 0 to 100. The researchers will calculate the mean score. A mean score of 68 is the minimal indicator of usability.
Duration of use of app	Up to week 12	The researchers will record the duration of app use.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM)	Up to week 14	Items are scored on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 to 5 (completely disagree to completely agree). Higher scores indicate higher perceived intervention appropriateness.
Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM)	Up to week 14	Items are scored on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 to 5 (completely disagree to completely agree). Higher scores indicated higher perceived intervention feasibility.
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-I)	Up to week 14	The CSQ-I is a valid and reliable scale for measuring overall satisfaction with health and human services, including digital or internet-based intervention. This will be adapted for use with youth, parents and support adults. The adapted scales each have 8 items in a likert scale ranging from 8-32 where higher numbers indicate higher satisfaction.
Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)	Up to week 14	Items are scored on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 to 5 (completely disagree to completely agree). Higher scores indicate higher acceptability.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Michigan Medicine; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States