Clinical trial NCT05128227: PHARM-S.A.V.E.S: Suicide Prevention Training
Official title: PHARM-S.A.V.E.S: Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for Pharmacy Staff
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Suicide
Keywords: community pharmacy
communication
gatekeeper training
suicide prevention
pharmacy
Lead sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
name: US Department of Veterans Affairs
First posted: 2021-11-19
Enrollment: 119
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This is a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in which 150 pharmacy staff members will be randomized to an experimental or control group and data on suicide prevention communication and secondary outcomes will be collected over the course of the RCT.

Detailed description: This is a prospective pilot RCT that will evaluate the impact of suicide prevention gatekeeper training (Pharm-SAVES) on 150 pharmacy staff member communication behaviors (primary outcome). Data will be collected at baseline, immediately after training is completed, and at 1-month follow up. Data sources include simulated patient observations (to rate quality of communication) and survey data (for self-reports of knowledge, self-efficacy, and referral behaviors).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Staff must:

* be at least 18 years of age;
* read and speak English; and
* be currently employed as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician at a community pharmacy

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals will be excluded if they hold floater status (non-staff pharmacists or technicians).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in proportion of participants who ask about suicide.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in proportion of participants who report they would call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately post-intervention
measure: Change in suicide prevention knowledge score from baseline to immediate post-intervention.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately post-intervention
measure: Change in mean suicide prevention self-efficacy score from baseline to immediate post-intervention.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately post-intervention
measure: Change in mean suicide prevention self-efficacy score from baseline to 1-month follow-up
timeFrame: Baseline and 1-month follow-up
measure: Change in mean suicide prevention preparedness score from baseline to immediate post-intervention.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately post-intervention
measure: Change in mean suicide prevention preparedness score from baseline to 1-month follow-up.
timeFrame: Baseline and 1-month follow-up
measure: Proportion of participants who ask about suicide (optional)
timeFrame: 1-month follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
name: Delesha M Carpenter, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: US Department of Veterans Affairs
name: Jill E Lavigne, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Wyman PA, Brown CH, Inman J, Cross W, Schmeelk-Cone K, Guo J, Pena JB. Randomized trial of a gatekeeper program for suicide prevention: 1-year impact on secondary school staff. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2008 Feb;76(1):104-15. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.1.104.