NCT05517382

A Digital Game Targeting Suicide Prevention in Adolescents Who Report Substance Misuse

A Digital Game Targeting Suicide Prevention in Adolescents Who Report Substance Misuse (Formative Work and Pilot Study)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to design and develop a digital game that models the process of a safety planning intervention. To do so, the investigators will explore and better understand peer or student perceptions around potential warning signs, coping strategies, and seeking help among youth who may be at greater risk of suicide due to misuse of substances. Focus groups/interviews with adolescents, young adults, adults, and school-based behavioral health providers will be conducted. Findings will inform the development of a digital intervention to reduce the risk of suicide among adolescents who misuse substances. Once a prototype of the game is developed, play-test focus groups with adolescents, college-aged youth, and school-based mental health providers will be conducted to finalize the intervention. Once finalized, the investigators will conduct a pilot study with 60 adolescents aged 13-19 to assess user experience, acceptability and feasibility of the digital game.

Detailed description

Formative Work: In year 1, the aim is to design and develop a digital game that models the process of a safety planning intervention. To do so, the investigators will explore and better understand peer or student perceptions around potential warning signs, coping strategies, and seeking help among youth who may be at greater risk of suicide due to misuse of substances. Focus groups with adolescents, college-aged youth, and school-based mental health providers will be conducted. Findings will inform the development of a digital intervention to reduce the risk of suicide among adolescents who misuse substances. Once a prototype of the game is developed, the investigators will conduct play-test focus groups with adolescents and school-based mental health providers to finalize the digital game. The focus of this clinical trial is the Pilot RCT: In year 2, the investigators will assess user experience, acceptability, and feasibility of the game as well as explore the following proximal outcomes such as but not limited to adolescent well-being, intentions to use a safety planning intervention, coping strategies, substance misuse in last 30 days, and associated risk factors related to suicidal risk (e.g., hopelessness, impulsivity, etc.).

Conditions

• Substance Misuse
• Suicide

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	supportED	suicide prevention videogame
OTHER	Control	non-health related videogame

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-21
• Primary completion: 2023-02-02
• Completion: 2023-05-11
• First posted: 2022-08-26
• Last updated: 2024-04-10
• Results posted: 2024-04-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States