Behavioral Economics Intervention to Increase Treatment Seeking in the National Guard

NCT04098588 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: W81XWH-16-2-0003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 112
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study is a randomized controlled trial of a single-session behavioral economics (research combining the areas of economics, social psychology, and cognitive psychology) intervention (i.e., BEAST) is a"warrior-culture" consistent (i.e., focusing on positive soldier traits, solving practical problems), highly scalable, and extremely brief (10-minute) intervention to encourage treatment seeking among MS National Guard problems for various life stressors. Participants will be 112 National Guard members. It is hypothesized that BEAST will lead to more self-reported motivation to seek treatment and more actual treatment seeking behavior.

Conditions

Treatment Refusal

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Psychosocial Treatments Interview-Revised

  Measure changes in treatment seeking behavior

  1 month post intervention

• University of Rhode Island Change Assessment

  Measure motivation to change the target behavior

  1 month post intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Psychosocial Treatments Interview-Revised

  3 month post intervention

• University of Rhode Island Change Assessment

  3 month post intervention

Study Arms (2)

BEAST

EXPERIMENTAL

There are 3 parts to BEAST. Part 1 involves the Behavioral Nudge technique using previously collected injunctive and descriptive norms from a National Guard sample. Soldiers will be given a customized feedback form that shows norms relevant to the target behavior they selected. The soldier will be given a chance to ask any follow-up questions. Part 2 of the intervention focuses on the principle of targeting others, considering how a change would impact those closest to them. Part 3 will utilize the Reciprocal Concessions procedure combined with the Reducing Barriers technique.

Behavioral: BEAST

Descriptive Feedback

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This condition will involve a presentation of descriptive data based on the soldiers' tests scores and an opportunity to ask any follow-up questions. This process is a component of some behavioral change interventions (e.g., motivational interviewing); therefore this should be a more useful control condition (mirroring parts 1 and 2 of the active condition) versus a more passive or waitlist control condition. Participants in the control condition will also be given standard referral information to the USM Psychology Clinic (mirroring part 3 of the active condition).

Behavioral: Descriptive Feedback

Interventions

BEAST BEHAVIORAL

See Arm Description

BEAST

Descriptive Feedback BEHAVIORAL

See Arm Description

Descriptive Feedback

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• National Guard active
• \> 17 ACSS-FAD

You may not qualify if:

• those determined by military or study personnel to be actively psychotic, manic, or who are imminently suicidal and in need of emergency services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Mississippi: lead
• Military Suicide Research Consortium: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0002, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Treatment Refusal

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2019
• First Posted: September 23, 2019
• Study Start: December 15, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 29, 2023
• Study Completion: March 29, 2023
• Last Updated: November 4, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Locations

US (1)