Adrian Ortega, Isabel R Rooper, Thomas Massion, Chidibiere Azubuike, Lindsay D Lipman, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Macarena Kruger Camino, Leah M Parsons, Emily Tack, Nabil Alshurafa, Matthew Kay, Andrea K Graham
{"title":"Co-designing prediction data visualizations for a digital binge eating intervention.","authors":"Adrian Ortega, Isabel R Rooper, Thomas Massion, Chidibiere Azubuike, Lindsay D Lipman, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Macarena Kruger Camino, Leah M Parsons, Emily Tack, Nabil Alshurafa, Matthew Kay, Andrea K Graham","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibaf009","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibaf009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Digital interventions can leverage user data to predict their health behavior, which can improve users' ability to make behavioral changes. Presenting predictions (e.g. how much a user might improve on an outcome) can be nuanced considering their uncertainty. Incorporating predictions raises design-related questions, such as how to present prediction data in a concise and actionable manner.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We conducted co-design sessions with end-users of a digital binge-eating intervention to learn how users would engage with prediction data and inform how to present these data visually. We additionally sought to understand how prediction intervals would help users understand uncertainty in these predictions and how users would perceive their actual progress relative to their prediction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted interviews with 22 adults with recurrent binge eating and obesity. We showed prototypes of hypothetical prediction displays for 5 evidence-based behavior change strategies, with the predicted success of each strategy for reducing binge eating in the week ahead (e.g. selecting to work on self-image this week might lead to 4 fewer binges while mood might lead to 1 fewer). We used thematic analysis to analyze data and generate themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Users welcomed using prediction data, but wanted to maintain their autonomy and minimize negative feelings if they do not achieve their predictions. Although preferences varied, users generally preferred designs that were simple and helped them quickly compare prediction data across strategies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Predictions should be presented in efficient, organized layouts and with encouragement. Future studies should empirically validate findings in practice.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial information: </strong>The Clinical Trials Registration #: NCT06349460.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11942788/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143755308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of online ordering on food security in a food pantry system in New York City.","authors":"Pasquale Rummo, Stella Yi, Carla Seet, Leah Strahs, Justin Kong, Dickran Jebejian, Brian Elbel","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibaf031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibaf031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Online ordering in food pantries may support food security among adults with low socioeconomic status.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Determine the impact of a transition from in-person ordering to online ordering on the food security status of food pantry clients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this quasi-experimental study, we recruited participants from Met Council's Kosher Food Network in New York City, including one pantry in Staten Island (intervention) and three pantries in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn (comparison). The final sample included 114 and 90 adults in the intervention and comparison groups, respectively, at baseline (April-July 2023); and 77 and 58 adults in those groups during follow-up (October-December 2023). Using a six-item survey, we assessed food security status, where scores range from zero to six points and higher points indicate lower food security. Secondary outcomes included nutrition security status, fruit and vegetable intake, and pantry wait time. We used a difference-in-differences approach to assess differences in outcomes between conditions, including testing for differences by age (18-64 vs. ≥65 years).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Food security scores decreased in the intervention and comparison groups over time, with no difference in the decrease between groups (P = .87). Yet, among younger adults in the intervention group, wait time decreased during follow-up, and increased in the comparison group (difference-in-differences = -12.1 minutes (95% CI: -21.9, -2.4); P = .02). We did not observe similar differences among older adults (P = .83), nor significant changes in other outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The transition to online ordering did not influence food security status among food pantry clients but may help to save time, especially among younger adults.</p><p><strong>Clinical trials registration: </strong>NCT05752721.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12204695/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144334140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria DeNunzio, Bailey Houghtaling, Vivica Kraak, Maaz Gardezi, Elena Serrano, Sarah Misyak
{"title":"Food retailer actions toward the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to promote nutrition security: Applicability of the Business Impact Assessment-Obesity as a monitoring tool.","authors":"Maria DeNunzio, Bailey Houghtaling, Vivica Kraak, Maaz Gardezi, Elena Serrano, Sarah Misyak","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae057","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health (National Strategy) encourages actions across government and society to promote nutrition security. Nutrition security includes adequate food, diet quality, and equity, and food retail settings can promote these major concepts. Of all National Strategy whole-of-society calls to action, food retailers can contribute to 15 calls as key actors. However, there is currently no standardized monitoring tool to track food retailers' commitments and actions toward the National Strategy to promote nutrition security. The Business Impact Assessment-Obesity and population-level nutrition (BIA-Obesity), a tool originally developed for corporate accountability monitoring, can be tailored for the National Strategy and nutrition security, given its standardized indicators and process to assess food company policies and commitments across six domains. We discuss the fit of the BIA-Obesity indicators for tracking food retailers' commitments and actions across four pillars of the National Strategy. Existing indicators are appropriate to monitor components of Pillar 1: Improve Food Access and Affordability; Pillar 2: Integrate Nutrition and Health; Pillar 3: Empower All Consumers to Make and Have Access to Healthy Choices; and Pillar 5: Enhance Nutrition and Food Security Research. We suggest expanding current indicators to include equity, local foods, the digital food environment, and food waste reduction to improve alignment of the BIA-Obesity with the National Strategy. Application of the BIA-Obesity as an existing tool can facilitate data cohesion and more rapid assessment of the food retailer landscape to mutually meet nutrition security goals by 2030.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"703-712"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalie E Hundt, Bo Kim, Maribel Plasencia, Amber B Amspoker, Annette Walder, Zenab Yusuf, Herbert Nagamoto, Christie Ga-Jing Tsao, Tracey L Smith
{"title":"Factors associated with successful FLOW implementation to improve mental health access: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Natalie E Hundt, Bo Kim, Maribel Plasencia, Amber B Amspoker, Annette Walder, Zenab Yusuf, Herbert Nagamoto, Christie Ga-Jing Tsao, Tracey L Smith","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae050","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The FLOW program assists mental health providers in transitioning recovered and stabilized specialty mental health (SMH) patients to primary care to increase access to SMH care. In a recent cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial, nine VA sites implemented the FLOW program with wide variation in implementation success. The goal of this study is to identify site-level factors associated with successful implementation of the FLOW program, guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). We used the Matrixed Multiple Case Study method, a mixed-methods approach, to compare key metrics hypothesized to impact implementation that were aligned with CFIR. Based upon the number of veterans transitioned at each site, we categorized two sites as higher implementation success, three as medium, and four as lower implementation success. Themes associated with more successful implementation included perceptions of the intervention itself (CFIR domain Innovation), having a culture of recovery-oriented care and prioritizing implementation over competing demands (CFIR domain Inner Setting), had lower mental health provider turnover, and had an internal facilitator who was well-positioned for FLOW implementation, such as having a leadership role or connections across several clinics (CFIR domain Characteristics of Individuals). Other variables, including staffing levels, leadership support, and organizational readiness to change did not have a consistent relationship to implementation success. These data may assist in identifying sites that are likely to need additional implementation support to succeed at implementing FLOW.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"693-702"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tatiana Perrino, Alyssa Lozano, Yannine Estrada, Maria I Tapia, C Hendricks Brown, Viviana E Horigian, William R Beardslee, Guillermo Prado
{"title":"Adaptation of an evidence-based, preventive intervention to promote mental health in Hispanic adolescents: eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health.","authors":"Tatiana Perrino, Alyssa Lozano, Yannine Estrada, Maria I Tapia, C Hendricks Brown, Viviana E Horigian, William R Beardslee, Guillermo Prado","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae056","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Youth internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression and anxiety), suicide ideation and attempts have been rising in recent years, including among Hispanics. Disparities in mental healthcare are concerning and require intervention, ideally prevention or early intervention. Familias Unidas is a culturally-syntonic, family-centered intervention effective in reducing youth drug use and sexual risk, with evidence of unanticipated effects on internalizing symptoms. This paper describes the systematic process used to adapt the eHealth version of the Familias Unidas intervention to more directly address internalizing symptoms and suicide risk in preparation for an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial for youth with elevated internalizing symptoms, a history of suicide ideation/attempts, or poor parent-youth communication. The resulting eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health intervention is described. Guided by a 4-phase framework, the steps in the adaptation process involved: assessment of the community and intervention delivery setting (pediatric primary care clinics); integration of previous intervention research, including intervention mechanisms of action; and expert and community consultation via focus groups. Focus group analyses showed that youth and parents perceived that the intervention was helpful. Their feedback was categorized into themes that were used to directly target mental health by addressing technology use, parent mental health, and social support. Effective and scalable preventive interventions are needed to address mental health disparities. The systematic adaptation process described in this paper is an efficient approach to expanding interventions while maintaining known, empirical and theoretical mechanisms of action. Findings from the ongoing effectiveness-implementation trial will be critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"713-721"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587815/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danielle R Adams, Heidi Allen, Ginger E Nicol, Leopoldo J Cabassa
{"title":"Moving psychedelic-assisted therapies from promising research into routine clinical practice: Lessons from the field of implementation science.","authors":"Danielle R Adams, Heidi Allen, Ginger E Nicol, Leopoldo J Cabassa","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae053","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychedelics (e.g., 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA], lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], psilocybin) are molecules that have the potential to produce rapid therapeutic effects when paired with psychotherapy. Randomized clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAT) have shown promising results for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and substance use disorders. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged the promise of PAT, signaling potential approval of psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression by 2026. Given this timeline, implementation scientists must engage with PAT researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to think critically about bringing these promising new treatments into routine practice settings while maintaining quality and safety. This commentary aims to initiate a dialogue between implementation scientists and PAT researchers and practitioners on addressing these questions with a lens toward equity. Specifically, we discuss how the field of implementation science can support PAT stakeholders to accelerate the translational process from research into practice, focusing specifically on safety-net settings (i.e., Federally Qualified Health Centers and Veterans Affairs health systems) that serve historically marginalized populations. We use the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) Framework to illustrate five critical areas where implementation science can help move PAT from research into real-world practice. For each RE-AIM dimension, we highlight ways the field of implementation science can contribute tools (e.g., implementation strategies), methodologies (e.g., pragmatic hybrid implementation-effectiveness trials), and approaches (community-based participatory research) for establishing the safety, effectiveness, and accessibility of PAT for historically underserved communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"744-752"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Yi Kong, Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon, Nul Loren Oh, Mary Catharine McKeithen, Samantha R Stalford, Meghan B Brennan, Christopher M Shea, Amy Liu, Nisha Gottfredson O'Shea, Sachiko Ozawa, Noel T Brewer, Melissa B Gilkey
{"title":"Identifying and supporting vaccine champions in pediatric primary care: a qualitative interview study.","authors":"Wei Yi Kong, Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon, Nul Loren Oh, Mary Catharine McKeithen, Samantha R Stalford, Meghan B Brennan, Christopher M Shea, Amy Liu, Nisha Gottfredson O'Shea, Sachiko Ozawa, Noel T Brewer, Melissa B Gilkey","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae054","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Implementation science research identifies clinical champions as instrumental in aligning healthcare professionals' (HCPs) behavior with practice guidelines for delivering health services, including vaccinations. However, we know relatively little about identifying or supporting champions. To characterize who vaccine champions are, what they do, and how to support their work in pediatric primary care. In 2022, we interviewed a purposive sample of peer-nominated or self-identified vaccine champions (n=20) and HCPs who worked with vaccine champions (n=4). We thematically analyzed qualitative data. Vaccine champions' defining characteristics were firsthand primary care experience, whether as providers or nursing staff, and a strong belief in vaccinations as uniquely effective tools for primary prevention. Participants noted these beliefs were \"part of the DNA\" of specialties like pediatrics and infectious disease, where they perceived champions as especially common. Being \"insatiable in their quest for knowledge,\" champions primarily conceptualized their role as understanding and sharing complex information and performance metric data related to vaccine administration. Champions' role in leading other implementation strategies, such as communication training, was more peripheral. Champions reported that dedicated time and staff support helped them \"go above and beyond\" to improve vaccination rates. Our findings suggest that vaccine champions can be found among providers and nursing staff with deep clinical experience and commitment to primary prevention through vaccination, including through providing vaccine education to colleagues. Healthcare systems can allocate resources to support champions as educators, while exploring opportunities to extend their role in other implementation strategies to improve vaccination rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"722-731"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12104142/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ariella R Korn, April Y Oh, Nanmathi Manian, Sophia Tsakraklides, Lori Carter-Edwards
{"title":"Practitioner perspectives on equitable implementation of evidence-based interventions for cancer prevention and control.","authors":"Ariella R Korn, April Y Oh, Nanmathi Manian, Sophia Tsakraklides, Lori Carter-Edwards","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Longstanding inequities in cancer prevention and control require novel approaches to improve evidence-based intervention implementation. Exploring and elevating the perspectives of cancer prevention and control practitioners working to advance health equity and equitably implement evidence-based interventions is an important yet underutilized step among researchers working in this space. The purpose of this study was to explore practitioners' perspectives of how health equity is defined and integrated into their work, challenges of advancing health equity for implementation in local settings, and associated strategies. We conducted virtual key informant interviews and focus groups with 16 US practitioners (e.g. clinicians, health administrators, public health professionals) in 2021-2022. Interviews and focus groups were audio recorded and transcribed. Data were coded using inductive content analysis and summarized into themes. Four major themes emerged: (i) how health equity is conceptualized as a process and outcome; (ii) need to shift equity mindsets; (iii) importance of community partnerships; (iv) organizational policies and strategies for fostering equity in implementation. Respondents noted the need for research and medical communities to learn about the importance and benefits of allowing communities to shape implementation to advance equity in the delivery of evidence-based interventions and outcomes. Additionally, respondents emphasized that institutional leaders should initiate changes regarding equitable implementation at the organizational- and system-levels. Respondents endorsed the need to address equity issues related to the implementation of cancer prevention and control programs, practices, and policies. Many findings can be applied beyond cancer prevention and control to support equitable implementation and outcomes more generally.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"643-652"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11568842/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michaela S McCarthy, Marina McCreight, Deisy Hernandez Lujan, Heidi Sjoberg, Catherine Battaglia
{"title":"The development and evaluation of the Designing for Dissemination and Implementation Learning Hub.","authors":"Michaela S McCarthy, Marina McCreight, Deisy Hernandez Lujan, Heidi Sjoberg, Catherine Battaglia","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae036","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a growing emphasis on reducing the gap between research and routine practice. Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) science offers theories, models, and frameworks to enhance the implementation, impact, and sustainment of new programs and interventions. Few training opportunities are available that help leaders, researchers, clinicians, and staff (implementers) translate original research into practice settings in a more timely and effective manner without requiring significant time away from their primary clinical duties. To address these needs, we designed a virtual Designing for Dissemination and Implementation (D4D&I) Learning Hub that offered foundational D&I knowledge and opportunities for skill building. We developed the D4D&I Learning Hub curricula to train novice participants in the multicomponent D4D&I implementation strategy bundle when implementing new programs or innovations. The components of the D4D&I strategy bundle include (i) Pre-implementation assessment for proactive planning and multilevel contextual assessment, (ii) Multilevel partner engagement to learn what is important to end-users and obtain buy-in, (iii) Implementation and adaptations guided by a pre-implementation assessment while retaining program fidelity, and (iv) Program evaluation. We utilized a virtual e-learning platform, expert trainers, mentorship, and a Virtual Learning Collaborative to deliver the six-module curricula to support participants' growth and success. We used quantitative and qualitative methods informed by the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model to evaluate the D4D&I Learning Hub. Thirty-one participants completed the D4D&I Learning Hub across four cohorts. Participants found the D4D&I curricula relevant and favorable, indicating they acquired the intended knowledge and skills. In presentations of their key takeaways, participants cited a greater understanding of how to apply various D&I theories, models, and frameworks to their research, engage multilevel partners during all phases of implementation and evaluation, and assess fidelity and adaptations. Participants planned to incorporate the acquired D&I knowledge and skills in future publications, grant applications, and when implementing new programs and projects in clinical settings. The D4D&I Learning Hub provides foundational education for novice participants of D&I science. It promotes designing, disseminating, implementing, and evaluating effective programs in clinical settings. This article discusses the development and implementation of the D4D&I Learning Hub. In addition, we evaluated the first four cohorts using the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"653-660"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarra Nazem, Shengnan Sun, Sean M Barnes, Lindsey L Monteith, Trisha A Hostetter, Jeri E Forster, Lisa A Brenner, Hanga Galfalvy, Fatemeh Haghighi
{"title":"Impact of an internet-based insomnia intervention on suicidal ideation and associated correlates in veterans at elevated suicide risk.","authors":"Sarra Nazem, Shengnan Sun, Sean M Barnes, Lindsey L Monteith, Trisha A Hostetter, Jeri E Forster, Lisa A Brenner, Hanga Galfalvy, Fatemeh Haghighi","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Improving public health approaches to suicide prevention requires scalable evidence-based interventions that can be easily disseminated. Given empirical data supporting the association between insomnia and suicide risk, internet-delivered insomnia interventions are promising candidates to meet this need. The purpose of this study was to examine whether an unguided internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (iCBT-I) improved insomnia severity, suicidal ideation (SI), and suicide risk correlates (depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, hostility, belongingness, hopelessness, agitation, irritability, concentration) in a sample of veterans. Secondary data analysis of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn veterans (n = 50) with clinically significant insomnia and elevated SI drawn from a larger randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an iCBT-I, Sleep Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi). Two-sample t-tests or Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used to evaluate between-group differences (SHUTi vs. Insomnia Education Website control) in symptom improvement from baseline to post-intervention. SHUTi participants experienced a significant improvement in insomnia severity (P < .001; d = -1.08) and a non-significant with small (subthreshold medium) effect size reduction of SI (P = .17, d = 0.40), compared to control participants. Significant improvement in hopelessness was observed (medium effect size), with non-significant small to medium effect size reductions in most remaining suicide risk correlates. Self-administered iCBT-I was associated with improvements in insomnia severity in veterans at elevated risk for suicide. These preliminary findings suggest that SI and suicide risk correlates may improve following an iCBT-I intervention, demonstrating the need for future well-powered iCBT-I RCTs targeted for populations at elevated suicide risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"673-683"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11568844/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}