Caring Letters for Military Suicide Prevention

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 3 December 2012
• Main ID: NCT01473771
• Date of registration: 14/11/2011
• Primary sponsor: National Center for Telehealth and Technology
• Public title: Caring Letters for Military Suicide Prevention
• Scientific title: Caring Letters for Military Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Date of first enrolment: November 2011
• Target sample size: 4730
• Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01473771
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Countries of recruitment

Germany, United States

Contacts

• Name: David D Luxton, PhD
• Affiliation: National Center for Telehealth and Technology

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Current psychiatric inpatients

- Possess an active email account

- Informed consent

- Active duty military, Veteran, Retiree, National Guard or Reserves status

Exclusion Criteria:

- Not competent to consent

- Adverse behavioral problems

- The primary psychiatric nurse or attending psychiatrist considers that study to be
clinically inappropriate

- Currently under arrest/incarceration

- Involuntary committed for psychiatric care status



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Suicide

Suicide, Attempted

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Caring Letter (email)

Primary Outcome(s)

Suicide Mortality Rates [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale (ACSS) [Time Frame: Baseline]

Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale (ACSS) [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) [Time Frame: Baseline]

Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Medically Admitted Self-Inflicted Injuries [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [Time Frame: Baseline]

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Patient Satisfaction Survey [Time Frame: Baseline]

Patient Satisfaction Survey [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 Years)]

Suicide Ideation Scale (SIS) [Time Frame: Baseline]

Suicide Ideation Scale (SIS) [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Time to Suicidal Behavior [Time Frame: Study Completion (2 years)]

Secondary ID(s)

MOMRP

W81XWH-11-2-0123

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Department of Defense

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command