Pilot Study: RAMP Intervention for Suicide Prevention in Veterans
This study is testing a new way to help prevent suicide in Veterans, especially those who have access to firearms. It's called RAMP (Raise the subject, Assess current storage, Motivate change, and Plan next steps) and uses a counseling method called motivational interviewing. You would either receive the RAMP counseling during your primary care visit or a brief review of a suicide prevention pamphlet. The study wants to see if RAMP is practical and acceptable to Veterans and clinicians. To join, you need to be a Veteran aged 18 or older, have access to a firearm, and be referred to mental health care in primary care (PCMHI). The study aims to enroll up to 50 Veterans and will look at how well they can screen, recruit, and keep participants in the study.
- Study design
- This is a pilot randomized controlled trial, meaning participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. The study plans to enroll up to 50 Veterans.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The study will track screening and recruitment through its completion, which is approximately 2 years. Retention will be measured at around 30 days.
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Developing and Piloting an Implementation Strategy for a Brief, Motivational Interviewing-based Lethal Means Safety Counseling Intervention in Primary Care Settings
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Frances Aunon, PhD MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
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What this trial measures
- Screeningthrough study completion, approximately 2 years
Investigators will assess the number of new PCMHI patients seen in PCMHI and the number who were approached about potential study participation per month
- Recruitmentthrough study completion, approximately 2 years
Investigators will track the number of eligible Veterans who enrolled in the study per month
- Retentionapproximately 30 days
Investigators will calculate the number of Veterans who received RAMP who were willing to complete immediate and one-month follow up assessments.
- Assessment of behavioral outcomesapproximately 30 days
Investigators will assess the percentage of participants who completed behavioral outcome measures within the time allotted at each timepoint
- Veteran acceptability - Theoretical Framework of AcceptabilityAt immediate follow up, within approximately 2 weeks of intervention
Investigators will assess Veteran acceptability using the eight Likert-style items from the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability questionnaire, which assess seven component constructs of acceptability including Veteran's experience of the lethal means safety intervention. Each item has 5 answer options (1-5) on a Likert Scale. Score range is 8 to 40, with a higher score indicating more higher reported acceptability.
- Veteran acceptability - Experience and Satisfaction with interventionAt immediate follow up, within approximately 2 weeks of intervention
Investigators will conduct qualitative evaluation of the participant's experience and satisfaction receiving the intervention.
- Clinician acceptability - Theoretical Framework of Acceptabilityat 50% enrollment (approximately 1 year) and 100% enrollment (approximately 2 years)
Investigators will invite clinicians to respond to the eight-item Theoretical Framework of Acceptability questionnaire eliciting clinician acceptability of the lethal means safety intervention. Each item has 5 answer options (1-5) on a Likert Scale. Score range is 8 to 40, with a higher score indicating more higher reported acceptability.
- Clinician acceptability - Negative impactat 50% enrollment (approximately 1 year) and 100% enrollment (approximately 2 years)
Investigators will assess to what extent PCMHI clinicians agree that study recruitment negatively impacted clinical care, using Likert-type items where '1' indicates "strongly disagree" and '5' indicates "strongly agree." For those responding \>3 ("don't know"), an open-ended question will elicit detailed information (e.g., interfered with delivery of clinical care, led to Veteran frustration).