Help-seeking Intentions of ROTC Trainees

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Help-Seeking Behavior; Musculoskeletal Injury
• Interventions: Other: Control Group Video; Other: Authority-delivered Health promotion video; Other: Peer-delivered Health Promotion Video

• Registration Number: NCT05356598
• Lead Sponsor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-29
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-02
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-05
• Study Start: 2022-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-15
• Study Completion: 2023-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Control Group Video	The arm will receive no true intervention. Participants in the control arm will watch a video of a US Army First Lieutenant exercising with no reference to musculoskeletal injuries or help-seeking behavior.
Authority-delivered	Authority-delivered Health promotion video	The arm will receive an intervention in the form of an authority-delivered video promoting help-seeking for musculoskeletal injuries while in ROTC. This video will be presented by a US Army Lieutenant Colonel who is currently a professor of military science for an ROTC battalion.
Peer-delivered	Peer-delivered Health Promotion Video	The arm will receive an intervention in the form of a peer-delivered video promoting help-seeking for musculoskeletal injuries while in ROTC. This video will be presented by a current ROTC cadet.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in Stigma and Help-seeking Intentions Measured Before and After Health Promotion with Three-week Follow-up	Three weeks (baseline, immediately post intervention, and three weeks post intervention)	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).