Clinical trial NCT02691221: ReliefLink: A Preventative Mobile Toolkit for Follow-Up Care of Psychiatric Patients
Official title: ReliefLink: A Preventative Mobile Toolkit for Follow-Up Care of Psychiatric Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation
Keywords: Suicidal behavior, Mobile Application, Mobile Health Tool
Lead sponsor: Emory University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Georgia Institute of Technology
First posted: 2016-02-25
Enrollment: 13
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 64
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to increase use and availability, as well as assess the feasibility of the ReliefLink (RL) application for use in conjunction with standard care to promote psychological health and prevent suicidal behavior.

Detailed description: The aims of this study of ReliefLink application are to determine the utility of ReliefLink self-reports of suicidal ideation, negative emotions, loneliness, subjective well-being, flourishing, mental toughness, positive emotions, learned optimism, resilience, and post-traumatic growth. Additional aims are to evaluate the impact of ReliefLink on perceived access to/usage of care and resources and to explore participant acceptance of ReliefLink as a technological support for standard treatment through human systems engineering of treatment plan adherence and user interview.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Enrolled as patients seeking behavioral health treatment through the Grady Health System
* Speak English
* Sought inpatient and/or outpatient treatment with Grady Health System following a suicide attempt or ideation.
* Has personal access to a functioning iPhone and service plan.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has significant cognitive impairments.
* Is actively psychotic or has an imminently life-threatening medical/psychiatric condition per provider evaluation.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in scores on 6 item Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screener (C-SSRS)
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 20-item Positive-Negative Affect Scale (PANAS)
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 20-item R-UCLA Loneliness Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 14-item Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 12-item Flourishing Scale (FS)
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 8-item Grit-S scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 10-item Life Orientation Test - Revised
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 25-item Connor Davidson Resilience Inventory
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: Change in scores on 21-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 Months
measure: 11-item Effectiveness of Obtaining Resources scale (EOR)
timeFrame: 6 Months
measure: Number of participants experiencing hospitalizations
timeFrame: 6 Months
measure: Number of participants experiencing self-injury events
timeFrame: 6 Months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of participant reported barriers to care and resources
timeFrame: 16 Weeks
measure: Participant adherence to assigned coping skills activities
timeFrame: 16 Weeks
measure: Participant adherence to daily mood tracking
timeFrame: 16 Weeks
measure: Participant usage of resource location functions
timeFrame: 16 Weeks
measure: Participant positive feedback
timeFrame: 16 Weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Grady Health System
state: Georgia
Study officials:
affiliation: Emory University
name: Nadine Kaslow, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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