Virtual Hope Box - Effectiveness of a Smartphone App for Coping With Suicidal Ideation
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Conditions studied: Suicidal Ideation, Thoughts of Self Harm, Coping
In brief
A hope box or self soothing kit is a therapeutic tool employed by clinicians with patients expressing suicidal ideation, significant distress, or otherwise at risk of suicidal or non-suicidal self harm. A "Virtual Hope Box" (VHB) takes the common hope box practice and uses smartphone features to enhance the experience. The rich multimedia features on a smartphone allow more varied options. Furthermore, these devices are already a common repository for user-generated and user-preferred media, which will allow for a highly personalized VHB that is highly portable and always available to a user in distress. We hypothesize that: 1. Patients in the (VHB) intervention condition will demonstrate pre-post reductions in 1) severity of suicidal ideation 2) ability to cope with stressors and 3) increases in perceived reasons for living 2. Patients in the intervention condition will demonstrate greater pre-post reductions in symptoms of suicidal ideation, ability to cope with stressors, and perceived reasons for living compared to patients in the (ETAU) control condition. 3. Patients and clinicians will find VHB to be beneficial and its use readily integrated into practice.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01982773
- Run by
- National Center for Telehealth and Technology
- People needed
- 118
- Starts
- 2014-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-01-30
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- US Service Veterans in active treatment by Portland VA mental health clinicians
- Patients expressing suicidal ideation, thoughts of suicidal self-harm, or determined to be at "high risk" for suicide by treating clinician or Suicide Prevention Team
- Patients owning and regularly using/carrying their own iPhone or Android phones
- Patients identified as clinically suitable by their clinicians for hope box utilization or enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU) as part of treatment
You may not qualify if…
- Moderate or severe dementia or significant cognitive disturbance as indicated by chart diagnosis of dementia or score of greater than or equal to 10 on the Short Blessed questionnaire during screening
- Patients considered terminally ill according to documentation in patient records
- Patients with designated guardians, who are unable to provide consent without the assistance of a legally authorized representative or guardian
- Patients admitted to inpatient unit
Where it is running
- Portland VA Medical Center — Portland, Oregon, United States
- National Center for Telehealth and Technology — Tacoma, Washington, United States
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