Emergency Room Firearm and Medication Safety Intervention

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-07-01

Study Completion Date

2023-02-16

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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Veterans will be recruited from the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (RMRVAMC) ED who are identified as having elevated suicide risk by VHA's new suicide risk screening initiative. All Veterans visiting VHA EDs are screened using an eight-item version of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Screener, a valid predictor of future suicidal behavior. The C-SSRS Screener assesses suicide risk using eight items about recent suicidal ideation and intent, preparatory behaviors, and action. Deductive and inductive content analysis of qualitative interviews will occur in parallel with recruitment, and participants will be recruited until thematic saturation is achieved.

Veterans' visits (approx. 90 minutes) will be scheduled at their preferred times at RMRVAMC within two weeks of discharge from the ED. Sociodemographic and military service data will be collected using the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Demographics Survey. During this visit, individuals will participate in qualitative interviews to identify contextual factors that may inform development of VA-based lethal means safety interventions.

Conditions

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Suicide Firearm Injury Overdose

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Veteran study group

The investigators will recruit approximately 20 Veterans who were identified as having elevated suicide risk while being treated in a VA Emergency Department.

No interventions assigned to this group