Patient and Provider Outcomes of E-Learning Training in Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality
NCT ID: NCT00905827
Last Updated: 2015-04-24
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COMPLETED
NA
212 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-07-31
2013-12-31
Brief Summary
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A well developed in-person training approach known as the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (or CAMS) has been recommended in systematic reviews as an effective tool for assessing and managing suicidality, as well as decreasing providers' fears, improving their attitudes, increasing their knowledge, confidence, and competence, and dispelling myths. The overall aims of this project were to develop an e-learning alternative for the CAMS program, determine its effectiveness relative to in-person CAMS training, and assess factors that may relate to adoption and implementation of CAMS in general and specifically through e-learning and in-person modalities.
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Detailed Description
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1. Refine a Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (or CAMS) e-learning course that covers the same material and meets the same learning objectives of CAMS in-person training.
2. Test the effectiveness of the CAMS e-learning modality compared to the CAMS in-person modality and a concurrent non-intervention control in terms of provider evaluation and behavior.
HO: Providers in each of the two CAMS arms will demonstrate higher levels of content mastery and confidence in acquired skills than providers in the no CAMS arm.
H2: In the 12 months post-training, suicidal patients of providers in each of the two CAMS arms will receive higher rates of CAMS guideline concordant treatment, compared with providers in the no CAMS arm.
3. Test the effectiveness of the CAMS e-Learning delivery compared to the CAMS in-person delivery and a concurrent non-intervention control in terms of patient outcomes.
H3, 4, 5: In the 12 months post-training, suicidal patients of CAMS e-learning providers and CAMS in-person providers will be similar for health services use patterns, duration of high risk episodes, and number of high risk episodes per patient.
H6: In the 12 months post training, suicidal patients of providers in the no CAMS arm will have higher rates of emergency room use and inpatient mental health admissions, have a longer average duration of high risk episodes, and have more high risk episodes per patient.
4. Assess factors that facilitate or inhibit adoption of CAMS through e-Learning or In-person.
Of the 309 providers who met eligibility criteria, 230 consented and 212 completed the baseline assessments and were randomized. A total of 261 patients met eligibility criteria and information was abstracted on them.
We developed the CAMS-e, conducted a pilot, revised the e-CAMS, delivered the training in the first site, and again revised it. There is little difference in satisfaction ratings between the two types of training deliveries on the VA Evaluation of Training. Findings show that there were some modest immediate improvements due to the two training conditions; however, the effects were only sustainable at three months for one question related to hospitalization beliefs.
To date, the project has had the following impacts:
1. success in obtaining 6.5 continuing education units (CEUs) for the e-learning version
2. invitations to place e-CAMS on the Department of Defense learning platforms
3. VA Central Office has purchased a license to use the Suicide Status Form (SSF) as a clinical tool and template in the computerized electronic patient record system throughout the national VA. The template is in the developmental process.
4. Efforts are underway to move the CAMS e-learning on to the VA Training Management System (TMS) which will facilitate system wide dissemination and has the potential to increase adoption in VAMC's or by providers.
Additional impacts may be evident with regard to improved care once we complete analysis of the patient outcomes and provider adherence data. We have also considered a short manuscript on economic analysis
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Intervention 1: in person CAMS
In person Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) training for providers
CAMS
Collaborative assessment management in suicidality
Intervention 2: e-learning CAMS
Online Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) training for providers
CAMS
Collaborative assessment management in suicidality
Control: no training
Control Group: no training
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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CAMS
Collaborative assessment management in suicidality
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
22 Years
80 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Medical University of South Carolina
OTHER
Washington Psychological Center
UNKNOWN
US Department of Veterans Affairs
FED
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Kathryn M. Magruder, PhD MPH BA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
Locations
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VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
VA Medical Center, Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA
Decatur, Georgia, United States
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia SC
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Countries
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References
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Pearson GS, Evans LK, Hines-Martin VP, Yearwood EL, York JA, Kane CF. Promoting the mental health of families. Nurs Outlook. 2014 May-Jun;62(3):225-7. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.04.003. No abstract available.
Puntil C, York J, Limandri B, Greene P, Arauz E, Hobbs D. Competency-based training for PMH nurse generalists: inpatient intervention and prevention of suicide. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2013 Jul-Aug;19(4):205-10. doi: 10.1177/1078390313496275.
Marshall E, York J, Magruder K, Yeager D, Knapp R, De Santis ML, Burriss L, Mauldin M, Sulkowski S, Pope C, Jobes DA. Implementation of online suicide-specific training for VA providers. Acad Psychiatry. 2014 Oct;38(5):566-74. doi: 10.1007/s40596-014-0039-5. Epub 2014 Feb 22.
York JA, Lamis DA, Pope CA, Egede LE. Veteran-specific suicide prevention. Psychiatr Q. 2013 Jun;84(2):219-38. doi: 10.1007/s11126-012-9241-3.
Other Identifiers
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EDU 08-424
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
19016
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
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