RECRUITING

Smartphone App Enhanced Facilitation Among Veterans in a Mental Health Inpatient Setting (Project HOPE)

Study Overview

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Description

This study will test whether a novel intervention, Virtual Hope Box Enhanced Facilitation (VHB-EF), reduces suicide risk in Veterans after discharge from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Additionally, this study will also conduct interviews with Veterans and healthcare providers to explore barriers and facilitators to future adoption of the VHB-EF intervention in healthcare settings.

Official Title

Virtual Hope Box Enhanced Facilitation in High-Risk Suicidal Veterans

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-03-26
Study Completion:2028-10-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06378541

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * 1) Veterans aged 18 or older
  2. * 2) admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit for a self-diagnosed recent suicidal crisis in intake notes
  3. * 3) medically stable (the patient's medical and psychological fitness \[including aggression\] to provide informed consent will be determined by a member of the patient's treatment team)
  4. * 4) A score of 3 on the Callahan 6-item cognitive screening.
  5. * 1) report current suicidal ideation (Scale for Suicidal Ideation \[SSI\]; sum of items 4 and 5 \> 0, referencing the week prior to their hospitalization) as reported during the screening interview
  6. * 2) no reported use of the VHB within the past 12-months
  7. * 3) own a smartphone to download the VHB app
  1. * 1) do not understand English
  2. * 2) are prisoners
  3. * 3) are unable to provide informed consent
  4. * 4) have profound psychotic symptoms and/or cognitive deficits that would prevent patients from understanding the content of the intervention and/or assessments
  5. * 5) do not own a smartphone

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Courtney L Bagge, PhD MA
CONTACT
(734) 845-3436
Courtney.Bagge@va.gov

Principal Investigator

Courtney L Bagge, PhD MA
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

Study Locations (Sites)

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105-2303
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Courtney L Bagge, PhD MA, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2025-03-26
Study Completion Date2028-10-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-03-26
Study Completion Date2028-10-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • smartphone application
  • suicide prevention
  • virtual hope box
  • veterans

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Suicide Prevention
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Suicidal Ideation