Status:
COMPLETED
Military Continuity Project
Lead Sponsor:
University of Washington
Collaborating Sponsors:
Military Suicide Research Consortium
United States Department of Defense
Conditions:
Suicidal Ideation Active
Suicidal and Self-injurious Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators propose to utilize text messaging to create and investigate the efficacy of a Continuing Contacts via Text (CCVT) intervention that extends the continuity of care for Service Members...
Detailed Description
Apparent increases in suicide attempts and death by suicide among active duty Service Members have gained considerable attention from the media, members of Congress, and the Department of Defense. Ide...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Active duty, Reserve, National Guard
- 18 or more years of age
- Identification to a behavioral health, counseling, or medical service (inpatient, outpatient, or emergency) with suicidal ideation or a suicide attempt
- Has current suicidal ideation as defined by the Scale for Suicidal Ideation-Current (SSI-C)
- Has mobile phone or pager where he or she can receive 11 text messages in a year free of cost or at a fee he or she does not consider burdensome
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Does not speak and read English well enough to consent and to understand texts in English
- Too cognitively impaired at best mental status during treatment to consent to participate (i.e., brain damage, psychosis, dementia, or other cause)
- Treating clinician evaluates the intervention as contra-indicated (e.g., paranoia exacerbated by being contacted)
- Prisoner or otherwise under judicial order where study participation could not be considered to be truly voluntary
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
658 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01829620
Start Date
April 1 2013
End Date
April 1 2018
Last Update
July 2 2020
Active Locations (3)
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1
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
Twentynine Palms, California, United States, 92278
2
Womack Army Medical Center
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States, 28307
3
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States, 28542