Nudging Parental Actions for Youth Suicide Prevention
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-17
SponsorUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
About this trial
The goal of the study is to determine effectiveness of a behaviorally informed text messaging intervention to help parents increase safety practices and reduce their teens' access to lethal means following a suicide-related emergency department visit.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Guardian must be able and willing to provide informed consent, and the participant must be able and willing to provide assent.
Parent and adolescent willingness and ability to participate in study procedures and complete assessments at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks.
Presentation to the ED for a suicide-related emergency, defined as suicidal ideation within the last 2 weeks or a suicide attempt within the past month.
Adolescents aged 12-17 years during the consent.
Disqualifiers
Absence of a legal guardian capable of providing consent.
Parents/legal guardians without access to a mobile phone with texting capability.
Inability to communicate in English.
Adolescents in state custody or under legal restrictions that prevent study participation.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Text-messaging for safety reminders
- Text-messaging with safety reminders and risk framing
Treatment groups
129 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lead sponsor
The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov