An interventional study of Exposure to Make the Connection messages and Active Control Group in Mental Health Issue (E.G., Depression, Psychosis, Personality Disorder, Substance Abuse) and Help-Seeking Behavior, sponsored by Canandaigua VA Medical Center. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 89 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-08.
Sponsored by Canandaigua VA Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
This pilot study seeks to determine if exposure to the Make the Connection campaign messages developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is associated with changes in mental-health related outcomes, specifically: (1) psychosocial determinants that drive help seeking behaviors (knowledge, attitudes and intentions); and (2) perceived barriers to seeking care. Participants are randomly assigned to message exposure or control (no exposure) conditions. Data from this project will inform mental health education and outreach efforts targeted towards Veterans experiencing mental health concerns.
Veterans of all gender/sex, race/ethnicities that in the past 6 months:
Exclusion Criteria:
Other: Exposure to Make the Connection messages
Other: Active Control Group
Participants are exposed to Make the Connection messages (each approximately 3 minutes in length) weekly for over a four-month study period through the study mobile application.
Participants are exposed to VA news clips/segments (each approximately 3 minutes in length) weekly for over a four-month study period through the study mobile application.
change in help seeking behavior
self-report treatment engagement in VA or non-VA services
Time frame: change from baseline behavior at 16 weeks
Attitudes towards help seeking
self-reported treatment beliefs and likelihood for help seeking
Time frame: assessed up to 16 weeks
Barriers to care
The 6-item stigma Scale developed by Britt et al. (2000; 2008) to assess stigma of accessing treatment for psychological problems among military personnel is used w/a 5 point likert scale (1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree). Logistical barriers to care are also assessed using the 5-item Barriers to Care scale (Hoge et al. 2004) to assess barriers to accessing psychological treatment w/ a 5 point likert scale (1=strongly disagree; 5= strongly agree). Higher values represent a worse outcome (e.g., higher endorsement of stigma).
Time frame: assessed up to 16 weeks
change in social support
self-report survey using the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (Zimmet et al. 1990). This is a 12-item scale of perceived social support from family and friends. Each item is scored 1-7 on a likert scale (1=very strongly disagree; 7=very strongly agree) and summed with a possible range of 7 to 84. Higher scores indicate higher awareness/belief of social support.
Time frame: change from baseline behavior at 16 weeks
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