Caring Texts for Adolescents to Reduce Suicide Risk
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 56
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Self-Report Recent
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if Caring Contacts (brief, hopeful, supportive text messages) can be delivered to adolescents with suicidal thoughts or behaviors after discharge from the emergency department, and to understand if adolescents find it acceptable to receive Caring Contacts. Researchers will also begin to explore how suicidal thoughts and behaviors change over time among participants who receive Caring Contacts along with treatment as usual, compared to participants who only receive treatment as usual.
All participants will be invited to answer survey questions when they first enroll in the study and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after their emergency department visit. Some participants will receive Caring Contacts (brief, hopeful, supportive text messages) after their emergency department visit. Some participants will be invited to complete an interview about their experiences receiving Caring Contacts.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •12 to <18 years of age
- •Present to the emergency department with suicidal thoughts or behaviors as indicated by the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)
- •Have a cell phone that can receive text messages
- •Proficient in English
- •Anticipated disposition of discharge from the emergency department
Exclusion Criteria
- •In care of the Department of Children and Family Services
- •Unable to participate meaningfully in assent, assessments, or the intervention, as determined by the treating clinician, including any of the following: acute or chronic cognitive impairment, acute psychosis, current severe agitation, current alcohol or drug intoxication
Arms & Interventions
Caring Contacts
In addition to Treatment as Usual, participants will receive Caring Contacts, consisting of brief, hopeful, supportive text messages.
Intervention: Caring Contacts Text Messages (Other)
Treatment as Usual
Treatment as usual consists of a suicide risk assessment during the emergency department visit, determination of disposition, safety planning, provision of crisis resources, and coordination of follow-up mental health services if indicated.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Self-Report Recent
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 Month, 3 Months, 6 Months, 12 Months
The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Self-Report Recent measures recent suicidal ideation and behavior on a scale of 0-5, with higher scores indicating greater severity.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Jennifer Hoffmann
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago