NCT03478501

Assisting in Decisions in Emergency Departments: (ED-AID) Study

Assisting in Informing Decisions in Emergency Departments: (ED-AID) Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will test a patient decision aid about safe firearm storage during suicidal crisis. The investigators hypothesize that participants with higher quality decisions after the decision aid will be more likely to change their firearm storage to reduce access during the time of crisis.

Detailed description

Limiting access to a firearms during suicidal crisis can save lives. This study will test a patient decision aid about safe firearm storage during crisis. The investigators will enroll 60 adult emergency department patients being evaluated for suicidal risk and have at least one firearm at home. If available, the investigators will also enroll a family member or friend. Participants will randomly receive one of two things: the decision aid or general suicide prevention information. A week later, the investigators will call participants to see how both groups choose to store their firearms. This trial tests the acceptability of the decision aid, effects on decision making, effect on home storage, effect on suicide outcomes, and feasibility of a larger trial. The investigators hypothesize that participants with higher quality decisions after the decision aid will be more likely to change their firearm storage to reduce access during the time of crisis; should the pilot demonstrate feasibility, in a subsequent larger trial this hypothesis would be tested directly.

Conditions

• Suicide
• Emergencies

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Decision Aid	This intervention is a tablet based Lethal Means Decision Aid with proposed use to augment lethal means counseling in emergency departments for patients at risk of suicide.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-20
• Primary completion: 2019-04-09
• Completion: 2019-04-09
• First posted: 2018-03-27
• Last updated: 2021-06-24

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States