N/A
N=28
Emergency Room Firearm and Medication Safety Intervention
Suicide · Firearm Injury · Overdose
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04797221 ↗Enrolled (actual)
28
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Qualitative Theme Among 28 Patients on Perspectives on Lethal Means Interventions — 26; 20; 24; 14 participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- —
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Feb 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Qualitative Theme Among 28 Patients on Perspectives on Lethal Means Interventions |
26; 20; 24; 14; 12 | — |
Summary
Seventeen United States Veterans die by suicide each day. Nearly three-fourths of those Veterans die from firearm injury or poisoning, and many seek care in VA Emergency Departments (ED) prior to suicide attempts. In 2019, the VA began screening all Veterans seeking ED care for increased suicide risk. Interventions that promote firearm and medication safety are recommended for Veterans identified as at-risk. The investigators work will provide important information that will aid the development and testing of such an intervention for Veterans who seek care in VA EDs. The investigators will interview at-risk Veterans who recently sought VA ED care to identify factors relevant to developing the intervention, and work with Veterans and VA healthcare staff to develop and test an intervention.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Veteran
- Recent Emergency Room care
- Screen positive for elevated suicide risk
Exclusion Criteria
- Severe cognitive impairment
- Lack decisional capacity
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Lack reliable phone access
- Admitted to the hospital
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04797221). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.