Connecting National Guard Service Members Through Education in Crisis Line Facilitation Training (CONNECT)

University of Michigan

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Suicide

Treatments: Behavioral: Crisis Line Facilitation (CLF); Behavioral: Passive Implementation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT05405231

R49CE003085 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HUM00193639

Details and patient eligibility

About

National Guard (NG) are affected by suicide at a much higher rate than civilians. The Military and Veterans Crisis Line (MVCL) is not being used as often as we would expect. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a group-based training session will impact awareness and use of the Military and Veterans Crisis Line (MVCL) among members of the National Guard.

Enrollment: 538 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Michigan Army National Guard member
• Associated with a unit with more than 25 members

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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538 participants in 2 patient groups

Crisis Line Facilitation (CLF)

Experimental group

Description:

Crisis Line Facilitation (CLF) is a promising translational strategy designed to increase Military and Veteran's Crisis Line (MVCL) use among NG members during periods of elevated suicidal risk by addressing individual-level barriers.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Crisis Line Facilitation (CLF)

Passive Implementation

Active Comparator group

Description:

The PI condition includes an educational resource brochure describing the Military and Veteran's Crisis Line (MVCL), including the phone number for the crisis line, as well as other mental health services available to National Guard members.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Passive Implementation