Team Communication Training for Children's Depression

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Led By Nicole A Stadnick, PhD, MPH

Research Sponsored by University of California, San Diego

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 3 months, 6 months

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial aims to improve the way pediatric depression is detected and treated in a large healthcare system. By providing team communication training to healthcare providers, the goal is to increase the frequency of depression screening and ensure

Who is the study for?

This trial is for healthcare teams within pediatric settings. It's designed to help improve how they talk and work together after a child screens positive for depression. The goal is to make sure kids get the right follow-up care quickly.

What is being tested?

The study tests a team communication training program aimed at bettering the use of existing depression screening protocols in children. By enhancing teamwork, it hopes to increase regular screenings and ensure timely mental health services.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial focuses on training healthcare teams rather than direct patient interventions, there are no medical side effects involved. However, changes in workflow or team dynamics may occur as a result of the training.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 3 months, 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~3 months, 6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 months, 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of Intervention Measure

Mental Health Service Linkage (Caregiver Report of Successful Mental Health Service Linkage)

Provider Response Based on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Score

+3 more

Secondary study objectives

Card Sorting Activity

Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions (CSACD)

Edmonson's Psychological Safety (Interpersonal Risk Taking) Climate Measure

+2 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Team Communication Training ConditionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The team communication training intervention will include: 1. Two initial 2-hour didactic sessions on effective communication between team members (information-based methods) and simulation exercises based on mock clinical cases (practice-based methods) 2. Biweekly performance feedback about intra-team communication in the electronic medical record (demonstration-based methods) provided during regularly scheduled supervision meetings 3. 1-hour booster coaching sessions approximately every 2 months. It is expected that team communication training will take place in the context of weekly or bi-weekly clinical supervision meetings to fit within routine clinical workflows.

Group II: Early Identification Universal Depression Screening ConditionActive Control1 Intervention

In the comparison implementation strategy (early identification universal depression screening), multiple discrete strategies will used including depression screening training in which providers and staff are provided: 1. Training in the depression screening tool (Patient Health Questionnaire) 2. Orientation to the clinical pathway (i.e., screening conducted at every urgent care or emergency department visit and every 30 days for all other medical visits) 3. Expectations for handoff to the next step in the care cascade

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