A Virtual Reality Brief Violence Intervention: Preventing Gun Violence Among Violently Injured Adults
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Brief Violence Intervention VR (BVI-VR), Treatment as Usual (TAU).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Violence. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The overall aim of the proposed project is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of Brief Violence Intervention-Virtual Reality (BVI-VR) for reducing firearm-related violence, re-injury, and mortality among victims of violence. Outcome measures of firearm-related violence will come from multiple sources, including criminal background checks, hospital data, state-level data, semi-structured clinical assessments, and self-report assessments. In addition, the study aims to understand the impact of BVI-VR on psychosocial mediators resulting in a reduction of firearm-related violence. This will include self-report surveys, neurocognitive assessments, and clinical assessments. The economic efficiency of BVI-VR as a firearm-related violence intervention will also evaluated. To achieve these aims, a randomized control trial (RCT) in a large sample of violently injured adults (18+ years) from VCU Health will be conducted.
Detailed description
Brief Violence Intervention-Virtual Reality (BVI-VR) is being developed as a hospital-based brief gun violence intervention program founded on the principles of positive psychology, motivational goal setting (via gameplay), psychoeducation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. This proposal will develop five steps to create a 30-minute brief firearm-related violence intervention. The five steps address a range of psychosocial risk factors and enhance protective factors for violence, as well as psychoeducational programming specifically addressing the risk of firearm violence. All steps of the BVI-VR emphasize being in control of making positive choices, and how to locate and leverage opportunities within their communities to improve their well-being. BVI-VR empowers patients to be the driver of their well-being.
Interventions
- Device Brief Violence Intervention VR (BVI-VR)
BVI-VR is being developed as a hospital-based brief gun violence intervention program founded on the principles of positive psychology, motivational goal setting (via gameplay), psychoeducation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. All steps of the BVI-VR emphasize being in control of making positive choices, and how to locate and leverage opportunities within their communities to improve their well-being. BVI-VR empowers patients to be the driver of their well-being - Other Treatment as Usual (TAU)
group will receive a community resource brochure (the same one that is provided at the end of BVI-VR). This brochure provides contact detail for services in the local area. These include organizations that provide mental health counseling, mentorship services, career development programs, organized community activities and sports, educational support, financial support, substance abuse programs, and resource assistance (e.g., food, housing, etc.).
Primary outcome measures
- Firearm-related violence /The gun violence questionnaire [Time frame: Baseline self-report, 3- and 6-months post-randomization]
- Gun Behaviors and Beliefs Scale [Time frame: 3 and 6 month post baseline]
- Firearm criminal conviction and arrests/ Criminal Background Checks [Time frame: prior to baseline assessment, from baseline to 3-month follow-up, and from 3-month follow-up to the 6-month follow-up.]
- Non-convicted firearm-related violent crime/ Violent Crime Assessment [Time frame: 3 and 6 month post baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Firearm-related re-injury/ Self-report [Time frame: 3 and 6 month post baseline]
- Firearm-related re-injury/ Hospital data: Virginia Department of Health [Time frame: 3 and 6 month post baseline]
- Firearm-related mortality/ Hospital data; Virginia Department of Health; National Death Index [Time frame: 3 and 6 month post baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- violently injured patients from VCU's Level 1 Trauma Center
- 18 years or older
- English-speaking
Exclusion criteria
- Under 18 years old
- Not a victim of Violent crime
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06239285 · HM20027823_Thomson · R01CE003625