Text-Message-Based Depression Prevention for High-Risk Youth in the ED

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Conditions studied: Depressive Disorder, Violence

In brief

The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to evaluate acceptability and feasibility, and to gather preliminary data about efficacy, of "iDOVE," a brief emergency department introductory session + longitudinal automated text-message depression prevention program for high-risk teens.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02332239

Run by

Rhode Island Hospital

People needed

116

Starts

2015-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-05

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English-speaking
• presenting to the emergency department for routine care
• reporting past-year physical violence (using a modified version of The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS)) and current mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms (using Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9), as identified on a brief screen administered in the ED
• accompanied by a consentable parent
• own or have access to a text-message-capable mobile phone

You may not qualify if…

• medically/physically unable to assent
• chief complaint of suicidal ideation, psychosis, or child abuse
• in police custody
• severe depressive symptoms

Where it is running

• Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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