Development of a Mobile Health Intervention to Support Functioning of Veterans With Substance Use Disorders
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This project will involve the development, refinement, and preliminary testing of a mobile health intervention (Motivational Enhancement Therapy Skills for Veterans; "METS4Vets"), which will be delivered through a smartphone app. The intervention will aim to support Veterans who are navigating the critical transition from structured residential substance use treatment to outpatient settings.
Detailed Description
This project will involve the development, refinement, and pilot testing of a beta version of a mobile health intervention (Motivational Enhancement Therapy Skills for Veterans; "METS4Vets"), which will be delivered through a smartphone app.
Phase I: Preliminary METS4Vets content will be developed by the research team. Content will be developed by integrating research literature on digital interventions, evidence-based skills content derived from Motivational Enhancement Therapy, the "spirit" of Motivational Interviewing (e.g., using non-judgmental phrasing), and VA's existing My Recovery Plan framework. After preliminary content is developed, the research team will then solicit feedback on the proposed content through qualitative interviews with Veterans engaged in residential substance use treatment programming at VA (n=10) and VA clinicians who treat Veterans with substance use disorders (n=10).
Phase II: Using the content developed in Phase I, the investigators will conduct iterative, single session system acceptability and usability testing with Veterans engaged in residential substance use treatment programming at VA (n=12-15).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •current SUD diagnosis according to chart review
- •current enrollment in VACHS residential SUD treatment program
- •competent to provide written informed consent
- •a working smartphone with wireless capabilities or willingness to use a study-provided smartphone
Exclusion Criteria
- •current psychosis
- •current active suicidal/homicidal ideation
- •physical disability (e.g., uncorrected vision) that would preclude use of smartphones and/or smartphone applications
- •cognitive impairment that would interfere with study participation or ability to provide informed consent, as determined by clinical interview