Engagement With Digital Mental Health (DMH) Technologies in Pediatric Primary Care (TeACH)

Rush

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: TeACH System Resources

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05466929

K08MH125069

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to use and adapt existing digital mental health technologies to advance the engagement, assessment, detection, treatment, and delivery of services for pediatric mental health in families from underserved communities.

Full description

The goal of this study is to use and adapt existing digital mental health technologies to advance the engagement, assessment, detection, treatment, and delivery of services for pediatric mental health. Specifically, user-centered design methodologies and an implementation science framework will be used to guide the development and implementation of the Teen Assess, Check, and Heal (TeACH) System into a pediatric primary care clinic serving teens and families from underserved communities.

Study objectives include:

1. Collaborating with underserved teens and their parents to identify strategies to target top barriers to engagement as well as top ethical concerns and requirements for cultural relevance, usability, and usefulness of the TeACH System (Phase 1)
2. Refining the plan for implementing the TeACH System through observations, interviews, and co-design workshops with pediatric primary care pediatricians and staff (Phase 2), and
3. Implementing the TeACH System into a primary care clinics and evaluating it in a randomized trial. (Phase 3)

The team will measure engagement outcomes and satisfaction with the TeACH System

Enrollment: 365 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Are receiving care at specified Rush University Health System and University of Illinois at Chicago Pediatric Primary Care locations
• Are between 13-17 years of age
• Are able to speak and read in English
• Symptoms of anxiety disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Absence of the above inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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365 participants in 2 patient groups

TeACH System Resources

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who screen positive for anxiety will receive stakeholder-informed feedback and resources (i.e., psychoeducation and mental health recommendations).

Treatment:

Behavioral: TeACH System Resources

Evidence-based Resources

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients who screen positive for anxiety will receive a link to a webpage providing psychoeducation about anxiety and possible treatment options.