Testing STAR and TexSTAR: A Video and Text Messaging Intervention

Description

This NIDA-funded HEAL Initiative: Opioid Use Disorder Care Pathways for Individuals with Histories of Exposure to Violence R61 seeks to develop and test a brief video intervention to deliver during Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) care and a brief text messaging intervention to deliver in the month after the assault to prevent the onset or escalation of PTSD and opioid misuse among survivors of sexual assault.

Conditions

Sexual Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Opioid Use, Opioid Misuse

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This NIDA-funded HEAL Initiative: Opioid Use Disorder Care Pathways for Individuals with Histories of Exposure to Violence R61 seeks to develop and test a brief video intervention to deliver during Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) care and a brief text messaging intervention to deliver in the month after the assault to prevent the onset or escalation of PTSD and opioid misuse among survivors of sexual assault.

Testing STAR and TextSTAR: A Video and Text Messaging Intervention for Recent Sexual Violence Survivors

Testing STAR and TexSTAR: A Video and Text Messaging Intervention

Condition
Sexual Violence
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Madison

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Are 18 or older
  • * Can read and respond to questions in English
  • * Are receiving a SANE exam for sexual assault victimization within the previous week (7 days)
  • * Not currently or about to be hospitalized for severe injuries, suicidality, or psychosis
  • * Not currently or about to be incarcerated
  • * Patients under age 18
  • * Those who cannot read and respond to questionnaires in English
  • * Those seeking care that does not include a SANE exam
  • * Those who cannot consent to receive SANE care.
  • * Those who are currently or about to be hospitalized for severe injuries, suicidality, or psychosis
  • * Those who are currently or about to be incarcerated (e.g., suspects, those who have experienced sexual assault within a prison setting and are returning to that setting, etc)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Wisconsin, Madison,

Kate Walsh, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Record Dates

2025-06-01