N/A
N=38
Digital Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST) Program
Suicide
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05900700 ↗Enrolled (actual)
38
Serious AEs
10.5%
Results posted
Mar 2026
Primary outcome: Primary: System Usability Scale (SUS) Score - Youth Participants — 68.3 score on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- eYST website (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric · 13+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Primary completion
- Sep 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY System Usability Scale (SUS) Score - Youth Participants |
68.3 | — |
| PRIMARY System Usability Scale (SUS) Score - Adult Caregiver Participants |
75.6 | — |
| PRIMARY System Usability Scale (SUS) Score - Adult Support Participants |
79.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Frequency of Use of App - Youth Participants |
1.0; 0.1; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Frequency of Use of App - Adult Caregiver Participants |
2.8; 0.3; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Frequency of Use of App - Adult Support Participants |
3.0; 0.82; 0.24; 0.18 | — |
| PRIMARY Duration of Use of App - Youth Participants |
6.6; 0.1; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Duration of Use of App - Adult Caregiver Participants |
7.0; 0.8; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Duration of Use of App - Adult Support Participants |
12.3; 2.37; 0.04; 0.02 | — |
| SECONDARY Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) - Youth Participants |
3.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) - Adult Caregiver Participants |
4.1 | — |
| SECONDARY Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) - Adult Support Participants |
4.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) - Youth Participants |
3.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) - Adult Caregiver Participants |
4.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) - Adult Support Participants |
4.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) - Youth Participants |
4.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) - Adult Caregiver Participants |
4.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) - Adult Support Participants |
4.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-I) - Youth Participants |
24.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-I) - Adult Caregiver Participants |
26.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-I) - Adult Support Participants |
27.7 | — |
Summary
The Electronic Youth-Nominated Support Team (eYST), is experimental. The purpose of this study is to get feedback from users about eYST. Another purpose of this study is to learn how well eYST helps youth.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Inpatient psychiatric patients who have attempted suicide or have documented Suicide ideation (SI) and a plan to harm themselves at admission.
- Understand written and spoken English.
- Own a smartphone or mobile phone.
- Willing and able to complete enrollment procedures.
- Parent or guardian and youth able to understand the nature of the study and provide written informed consent and assent for youth
- Patients who are able to provide at least one verifiable contact for emergency or tracking purposes.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with active psychosis.
- Patients experiencing substance withdrawal.
- Currently enrolled in other treatment studies for the symptoms and behaviors targeted.
- Patient unwilling or unable to wear a mask during in person study procedures, if mandated due to current COVID/health safety guidelines.
- Patients who in the judgment of the investigator would have an unfavorable risk or benefit profile with respect to eYST.
- Any other psychiatric or medical condition or custody arrangement that in the investigators' opinion would preclude informed consent or assent or participation in the trial.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05900700). 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.