Assisting in Decisions in Emergency Departments: (ED-AID) Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Suicide, Emergencies

In brief

This study will test a patient decision aid about safe firearm storage during suicidal crisis. The investigators hypothesize that participants with higher quality decisions after the decision aid will be more likely to change their firearm storage to reduce access during the time of crisis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03478501

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

49

Starts

2018-06-20

Expected to finish

2019-04-09

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being evaluated in the emergency department for suicidal ideation/suicide attempt
• Deemed medically stable by ED physician
• Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
• Able and willing to have telephone follow up at 1 week
• Report at least one firearm in the home

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to participate medically or cognitively (e.g. sustained altered level of consciousness, hostility, psychosis, sexual assault victim, severe vomiting or pain)
• Currently in legal custody
• Live in group home or other supervised custody
• Already enrolled

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Memorial Hospital — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
• Denver Health — Denver, Colorado, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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