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2024-10-26 @ 11:14 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT01982773
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2018-01-30
First Post:
2013-11-06
Brief Title:
Virtual Hope Box - Effectiveness of a Smartphone App for Coping With Suicidal Ideation
Sponsor:
National Center for Telehealth and Technology
Organization:
National Center for Telehealth and Technology
Study Overview
Official Title:
Effectiveness of a Virtual Hope Box Smartphone App in Enhancing Veterans Coping With Suicidal Ideation A Randomized Clinical Trial
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2017-07
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
VHB-RCT
Brief Summary:
A hope box or self soothing kit is a therapeutic tool employed by clinicians with patients expressing suicidal ideation significant distress or otherwise at risk of suicidal or non-suicidal self harm A Virtual Hope Box VHB takes the common hope box practice and uses smartphone features to enhance the experience The rich multimedia features on a smartphone allow more varied options Furthermore these devices are already a common repository for user-generated and user-preferred media which will allow for a highly personalized VHB that is highly portable and always available to a user in distress We hypothesize that
1 Patients in the VHB intervention condition will demonstrate pre-post reductions in 1 severity of suicidal ideation 2 ability to cope with stressors and 3 increases in perceived reasons for living
2 Patients in the intervention condition will demonstrate greater pre-post reductions in symptoms of suicidal ideation ability to cope with stressors and perceived reasons for living compared to patients in the ETAU control condition
3 Patients and clinicians will find VHB to be beneficial and its use readily integrated into practice
1 Patients in the VHB intervention condition will demonstrate pre-post reductions in 1 severity of suicidal ideation 2 ability to cope with stressors and 3 increases in perceived reasons for living
2 Patients in the intervention condition will demonstrate greater pre-post reductions in symptoms of suicidal ideation ability to cope with stressors and perceived reasons for living compared to patients in the ETAU control condition
3 Patients and clinicians will find VHB to be beneficial and its use readily integrated into practice
Detailed Description:
Our overall objective in the proposed study is to assess the impact of a virtual hope-box VHB smartphone app on suicidal ideation in veterans undergoing clinical therapy who have recently had suicidal ideation or behavior We propose to conduct this study in two phases
Phase 1 Modifying the current VHB-β version of the app to accommodate feedback from pilot study participants The result will be the VHB V10 to be tested in phase 2 This component of the study will be conducted by the T2 group located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Phase 2 Implementing a randomized controlled trial comparing the VHB intervention with enhanced treatment as usual ETAU in clinical practice This component of the study will be conducted at the Portland VA Medical Center
This research project seeks to answer several essential questions
1 Can a smartphone app containing the essential components of a hope box and associated elements of CTDBT Dialectical Behavioral Therapy reduce severity of suicidal ideation and increase perceptions of reasons for living and ability to cope in a clinical sample of veterans
2 Is a smartphone VHB app more effective in reducing severity of suicidal ideation and increasing perceptions of reasons for living and ability to cope compared to enhanced treatment as usual ETAU In addition we will gather important information about implementing and integrating VHB as a treatment component in mental health treatment
Phase 1 Modifying the current VHB-β version of the app to accommodate feedback from pilot study participants The result will be the VHB V10 to be tested in phase 2 This component of the study will be conducted by the T2 group located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Phase 2 Implementing a randomized controlled trial comparing the VHB intervention with enhanced treatment as usual ETAU in clinical practice This component of the study will be conducted at the Portland VA Medical Center
This research project seeks to answer several essential questions
1 Can a smartphone app containing the essential components of a hope box and associated elements of CTDBT Dialectical Behavioral Therapy reduce severity of suicidal ideation and increase perceptions of reasons for living and ability to cope in a clinical sample of veterans
2 Is a smartphone VHB app more effective in reducing severity of suicidal ideation and increasing perceptions of reasons for living and ability to cope compared to enhanced treatment as usual ETAU In addition we will gather important information about implementing and integrating VHB as a treatment component in mental health treatment
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None
Secondary IDs
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1334 | OTHER_GRANT | Geneva Foundation | None |