Firearm InjuryNCT06582953
HVIP Outcomes and Stakeholder Insights
A study testing Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program) in people with Firearm Injury and Violence, Physical, run by Medical University of South Carolina at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The study's goal is to perform an evaluation of a Southeastern hospital violence intervention program (HVIP) that includes comprehensive patient outcomes, perceived benefits and opportunities for improvement of an HVIP from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders including patients, family members and healthcare… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Firearm Injury, Violence, Physical
- What is being tested?
- Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 220 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 5 Dec 2024to 30 Nov 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 16 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients ages 16 and above treated at MUSC Charleston that experience an injury due to interpersonal or community violence
- Glasgow coma score (GCS) of 15 at the time of study enrollment
- -Loved ones (partners), caregivers and family members of patients that enroll in the study that experienced violent injuries
- -Healthcare team members that cared for victims of violence in the past 6 months
Who cannot join
- Lack of capacity to consent due to altered mental status (AMS) or severe untreated mental illness
- Being under arrest or incarcerated at the time of assessment for enrollment
- Non-English speaking patients
- Ages under 16
- Non-English speaking
- Cognitive impairment
- Under age 16
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29407
Ashley Hink, MD, MPH, 843-792-6304, hink@musc.edu
About this study
Official title: Advancing the Evidence for HVIPs in the Southeast: Comprehensive Patient- Centered Outcomes & Stakeholder Insights
The study's goal is to perform an evaluation of a Southeastern hospital violence intervention program (HVIP) that includes comprehensive patient outcomes, perceived benefits and opportunities for improvement of an HVIP from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders including patients, family members and healthcare providers.
Read the detailed description
Evidence demonstrates that hospital violence intervention programs (HVIPs) reduce violent injury recidivism, PTSD symptoms, improve receipt of supportive services, and demonstrate cost-savings for the healthcare system. However, it is unknown if these outcomes can be replicated in under-studied communities in the Southeast (S.E.) where few HVIPs have been implemented, and other potentially valuable outcomes remain unexamined. These may include but are not limited to, improvement in patients' healthcare experiences, self-confidence, violence risk reduction, and overall recovery. In addition, multi-sector stakeholder perspectives on how HVIPs can improve or expand to better meet communities' needs are lacking in the literature. For instance, family members and loved ones are often supported by HVIP services, but little is known about how they benefit from the intervention. Also, HVIPs integrate into the healthcare team, augmenting the care provided by the clinical staff. Little is known about how healthcare teams benefit from the work of HVIPs or how the quality of care provided is influenced by these programs. These questions are imperative to informing the implementation of HVIPs and how success might be better defined through a public health lens that considers outcomes beyond violent injury recidivism for patients, families, healthcare systems, and communities.
Further, evaluating HVIPs in under-studied communities is critical to advancing the model's evidence base, especially in communities where violence intervention investment remains low. The S.E. U.S., for example, experiences a disproportionate burden of firearm homicide, but few hospitals have adopted HVIPs. S.E. trauma centers and HVIPs uniquely serve large urban and rural geographic areas that face complex racial and economic disparities yet have fewer investments in violence prevention and safety net policies and services.
Investigators propose conducting a comprehensive evaluation of an established HVIP (Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program, TTVIP) at an academic, non-profit level 1 trauma center in Charleston, SC that serves youth and young adult victims of community and interpersonal violence in Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley Counties. Most patients served by the TTVIP are victims of firearm injury (\>90%), reside in the cities of Charleston and North Charleston - the latter of which ranks among U.S. cities with the highest firearm assault and homicide rates - and are disproportionately young Black males from neighborhoods with high deprivation and are Medicaid funded or uninsured. This study will advance the knowledge on HVIP outcomes, implementation from the perspective of survivors, families and healthcare team members, in addition to examining the impact of an HVIP in a S.E. state that disproportionately experiences firearm violence. The study's goal is to perform an evaluation of a S.E. HVIP (TTVIP) that includes comprehensive patient outcomes, perceived benefits of HVIPs from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, and opportunities for HVIP improvement.
Aim 1: Assess healthcare experience, supportive service utilization, violence risk, mental health outcomes, self-confidence, perceived risk of violence and re-injury among violently injured youth and young adults, including TTVIP enrolled patients and non-enrolled patients. Investigators hypothesize that individuals that experienced violent injury and enrolled in the TTVIP will report a) more positive perception of their healthcare experience, b) higher service utilization, c) lower rates of depression and PTSD, d) lower risk of violence, e) higher confidence, and f) lower rates of violent and non-violent re-injury compared to non-enrolled victims of violence. Investigators anticipate similar rates of perceived violence risk between the two groups.
Aim 2: Examine perceptions of HVIP services, benefits, and recommendations for service improvement among HVIP enrollees and their primary caregivers/loved ones.
Aim 3: Assess perceptions of HVIP services, benefits to the healthcare team and patients, and recommendations for service improvements among healthcare staff.
- Conditions
- Firearm Injury, Violence, Physical
- Being tested
- Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program)
- Keywords
- violence, violence intervention programs
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program)Behavioural
TTVIP is already integrated into the regular care of patients who are violently injured and treated at MUSC Charleston. Client advocates provide immediate support, help with communication and provide anti-retaliation messaging to victims of violence and their families, in addition to helping support their healthcare. Patients that opt to be followed for long-term wrap-around services and live in the surrounding 3-county area are supported for months (up to 1 year) after injury and provided mentorship, service referrals (i.e. education, employment, substance abuse, injury recovery, pro-social activities, housing) and mental health services.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Patients, family members and healthcare providers | Other | Patients that experience violent injuries or are high risk of violence between ages of 15-35 and treated at MUSC Charleston will be enrolled. The hospital violence intervention program is incorporated into regular care of patients, and they may opt to receive services from the program (TTVIP) if they qualify and opt to participate. There is no randomization or assignment. Investigators will assess outcomes of these patients and outcomes will be assessed for between group differences between those that receive services from the program and those that do not. Patient family members and healthcare providers that care for patients will be included and are exposed to the regular healthcare and services provided to patients. Receives: Behavioral: Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD: PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL) The PCL-5 is a 20-item questionnaire, corresponding to the DSM-5 symptom criteria for PTSD. The self-report rating scale is 0-4 for each symptom. Rating scale descriptors are the same: Not at all, A little bit, Moderately, Quite a bit, and Extremely. They are scored 0-4. The score is totaled (0-80), with a cut-off of 33 being indicative of PTSD and higher scores indicating worse symptoms.
Measured: Victims of violence will be screened at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
Self-Esteem
Self esteem will be assessed using he Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale. This is a 10-item scale with response options that indicate level of agreement (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree) related to statements of self esteem. Responses are scored (1-4), and totaled. Higher scores indicate higher self-esteem.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months
Future Firearm Violence Risk
Future risk of firearm violence will be assessed with the SaFTEy Score (Serious fighting, Friend weapon carrying, community Environment, and firearm Threats). This is a 4 -item survey that assesses future risk of experiencing firearm violence. Each response is scored and all are totaled. Scores range 0-10, and 10 indicates high risk of future violence.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Depression
The PHQ-9 (patient health questionnaire) is used to assess for depression. It is a 9 item instrument that asks about depressive symptoms. Each question has a 4 response option that assesses for frequency of having symptoms, and each question is scored 0-3. The total score ranges from 0-27. 0 - 4 indicates no depression, 5-9 mild depressive symptoms, 10-14 moderate depressive symptoms, 15-19 moderately-severe depressive symptoms, and 20-27 severe depressive symptoms.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Benefits of hospital violence intervention program implementation
Healthcare providers will be surveyed on perceptions of the implementation of the Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (TTVIP). This is not an instrument, but questions assessing the following domains will be asked in a survey: knowledge of TTVIP services, impact on communication, medical care, trauma informed care, culturally competent care, and patient outcomes. Answer options will be based on level of agreement. Results will be reported by percentage of individuals reporting the response options.
Measured: Healthcare providers will be assessed with baseline assessment at enrollment (1 time cross-sectional survey)
Percentage of Patients with Criminal justice system involvement
There will not be an instrument used. Rather, subjects will be asked if they have been subject to criminal charges, arrest and incarceration. The answer options will be in a yes/no format, and the outcome will be reported by incidence (percentage of individuals indicating criminal justice system involvement).
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
Percentage of Patients with Adverse Social Determinants of Health
Social Determinants of Health will be assessed with the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Screening tool. This tool assesses social determinants of health (SDoH) and domains being assessed for this study include housing, safety, food insecurity, transportation, ability to afford basic needs, ability to pay for utilities, employment, and social support. The questions are not scored nor is a scale used, and response options are in the form of yes/no, multiple choices categories and frequencies. Results will be reported by incidence (percentage of subjects reporting the option).
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
Percentage of patients with perceived risk of violence
An instrument will not be used. The participant will be asked in a survey to indicate their level of agreement to a statement about feeling at risk of being a victim of violence. The result will be reported by the percentage of each response.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Percentage of patients experiencing a repeat injury
An instrument will not be used. Subjects will be asked if they have experienced a repeat injury (violent or non-violent) since enrollment in the study via survey question.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
Percentage of patients with recovery service needs
This will not be an instrument. Participants will be asked in a survey to indicate which services they feel like they need to recover after experiencing injury by selecting the boxes that they feel apply (services: medical/surgical, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work, housing assistance, food assistance, transportation assistance, financial assistance, health insurance, conflict resolution, education, employment, accessing victims of crime services, legal services). Results will be reported by the percentage of individuals indicating service needs.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after injury. Patient loved ones/caregivers will be assessed at baseline and 3-6 months after injury.
Percentage of patients reporting threats of violence
This will not be assessed with an instrument. This will be assessed with a survey question asking if the patient has experienced threats of violence.
Measured: Victims of violence will be assessed 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Percentage of patients reporting favorable outcomes of Violence Intervention Services
The iMPRoVE (Measures for Providers to Victimization Experiences) is a survey that assesses the outcomes and quality of victim intervention services within the following domains: legal/justice system, medical care and coordination, mental health focused services, crisis intervention and referral services, supportive or community advocacy services, and underserved population focused services. Each question is designed to assess if the TTVIP provided services that were perceived as beneficial to the individual related to the domain. There are two question banks - one for individuals/victims, and one for proxy (caregivers, loved ones, family members). Each question has a response option (strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly disagree). It is not scaled or scored, but rather each response indicates the level of agreement to the question or statement. Results will be reported by the percentage of individuals answering the options.
Measured: Patients enrolled in TTVIP will be assessed at the following intervals after enrollment: 3 months, 6 months and 12 months. Loved ones/caregivers will be assessed with proxy questions 3-6 months after their loved one was enrolled.
Percentage of Patients Reporting Favorable Quality of Health Care
This will not be assessed with an instrument. Questions will be administered via survey assessing the following domains of participant perception of their healthcare: communication, cultural competence, empathy, and bias. Questions will be assessed by level of agreement and reported by percentage reporting the responses.
Measured: Victims of violence and loved ones/caregivers will be assessed at baseline enrollment and 3 months after enrollment.
Percentage of patients enrolled in hospital violence intervention program
Subjects will be asked if they are enrolled in the Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program. It will be a yes or no question, and be reported by incidence (percentage of subjects enrolled).
Measured: Victims of violence will be asked at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Sep 2024
- Study start5 Dec 2024
- Primary completion30 Sep 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Nov 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (6)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Firearm InjuryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 220 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Kaiser Permanente
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Ashley Hink, MD, Principal investigator, Medical University of South Carolina
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06582953
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Pro00138225
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 11 Aug 2024
- Last updated
- 9 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Not indicated
Publications
Goldstick JE, Carter PM, Walton MA, Dahlberg LL, Sumner SA, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM. Development of the SaFETy Score: A Clinical Screening Tool for Predicting Future Firearm Violence Risk. Ann Intern Med. 2017 May 16;166(10):707-714. doi: 10.7326/M16-1927. Epub 2017 Apr 11.
PubMed 28395357Kegler SR, Dahlberg LL, Vivolo-Kantor AM. A descriptive exploration of the geographic and sociodemographic concentration of firearm homicide in the United States, 2004-2018. Prev Med. 2021 Dec;153:106767. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106767. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
PubMed 34416223Monopoli WJ, Myers RK, Paskewich BS, Bevans KB, Fein JA. Generating a Core Set of Outcomes for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. J Interpers Violence. 2021 May;36(9-10):4771-4786. doi: 10.1177/0886260518792988. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
PubMed 30095028Purtle J, Rich LJ, Bloom SL, Rich JA, Corbin TJ. Cost-benefit analysis simulation of a hospital-based violence intervention program. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Feb;48(2):162-169. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.08.030. Epub 2014 Nov 6.
PubMed 25442223Smith R, Dobbins S, Evans A, Balhotra K, Dicker RA. Hospital-based violence intervention: risk reduction resources that are essential for success. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Apr;74(4):976-80; discussion 980-2. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828586c9.
PubMed 23511134Gorman E, Coles Z, Baker N, Tufariello A, Edemba D, Ordonez M, Walling P, Livingston DH, Bonne S. Beyond Recidivism: Hospital-Based Violence Intervention and Early Health and Social Outcomes. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Dec 1;235(6):927-939. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000409. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
PubMed 36102509
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Advancing the Evidence for HVIPs in the Southeast: Comprehensive Patient- Centered Outcomes & Stakeholder Insights
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06582953
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Pro00138225
- Conditions
- Firearm Injury, Violence, Physical
- Keywords
- violence, violence intervention programs
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 220 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South CarolinaUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Kaiser Permanente
- Study start
- 5 Dec 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Nov 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 3 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The study's goal is to perform an evaluation of a Southeastern hospital violence intervention program (HVIP) that includes comprehensive patient outcomes, perceived benefits and opportunities for improvement of an HVIP from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders including patients, family members and healthcare providers.
Detailed description
Evidence demonstrates that hospital violence intervention programs (HVIPs) reduce violent injury recidivism, PTSD symptoms, improve receipt of supportive services, and demonstrate cost-savings for the healthcare system. However, it is unknown if these outcomes can be replicated in under-studied communities in the Southeast (S.E.) where few HVIPs have been implemented, and other potentially valuable outcomes remain unexamined. These may include but are not limited to, improvement in patients' healthcare experiences, self-confidence, violence risk reduction, and overall recovery. In addition, multi-sector stakeholder perspectives on how HVIPs can improve or expand to better meet communities' needs are lacking in the literature. For instance, family members and loved ones are often supported by HVIP services, but little is known about how they benefit from the intervention. Also, HVIPs integrate into the healthcare team, augmenting the care provided by the clinical staff. Little is known about how healthcare teams benefit from the work of HVIPs or how the quality of care provided is influenced by these programs. These questions are imperative to informing the implementation of HVIPs and how success might be better defined through a public health lens that considers outcomes beyond violent injury recidivism for patients, families, healthcare systems, and communities.
Further, evaluating HVIPs in under-studied communities is critical to advancing the model's evidence base, especially in communities where violence intervention investment remains low. The S.E. U.S., for example, experiences a disproportionate burden of firearm homicide, but few hospitals have adopted HVIPs. S.E. trauma centers and HVIPs uniquely serve large urban and rural geographic areas that face complex racial and economic disparities yet have fewer investments in violence prevention and safety net policies and services.
Investigators propose conducting a comprehensive evaluation of an established HVIP (Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program, TTVIP) at an academic, non-profit level 1 trauma center in Charleston, SC that serves youth and young adult victims of community and interpersonal violence in Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley Counties. Most patients served by the TTVIP are victims of firearm injury (\>90%), reside in the cities of Charleston and North Charleston - the latter of which ranks among U.S. cities with the highest firearm assault and homicide rates - and are disproportionately young Black males from neighborhoods with high deprivation and are Medicaid funded or uninsured. This study will advance the knowledge on HVIP outcomes, implementation from the perspective of survivors, families and healthcare team members, in addition to examining the impact of an HVIP in a S.E. state that disproportionately experiences firearm violence. The study's goal is to perform an evaluation of a S.E. HVIP (TTVIP) that includes comprehensive patient outcomes, perceived benefits of HVIPs from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, and opportunities for HVIP improvement.
Aim 1: Assess healthcare experience, supportive service utilization, violence risk, mental health outcomes, self-confidence, perceived risk of violence and re-injury among violently injured youth and young adults, including TTVIP enrolled patients and non-enrolled patients. Investigators hypothesize that individuals that experienced violent injury and enrolled in the TTVIP will report a) more positive perception of their healthcare experience, b) higher service utilization, c) lower rates of depression and PTSD, d) lower risk of violence, e) higher confidence, and f) lower rates of violent and non-violent re-injury compared to non-enrolled victims of violence. Investigators anticipate similar rates of perceived violence risk between the two groups.
Aim 2: Examine perceptions of HVIP services, benefits, and recommendations for service improvement among HVIP enrollees and their primary caregivers/loved ones.
Aim 3: Assess perceptions of HVIP services, benefits to the healthcare team and patients, and recommendations for service improvements among healthcare staff.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Patients, family members and healthcare providers | Other | Behavioral: Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program)Patients that experience violent injuries or are high risk of violence between ages of 15-35 and treated at MUSC Charleston will be enrolled. The hospital violence intervention program is incorporated into regular care of patients, and they may opt to receive services from the program (TTVIP) if they qualify and opt to participate. There is no randomization or assignment. Investigators will assess outcomes of these patients and outcomes will be assessed for between group differences between those that receive services from the program and those that do not. Patient family members and healthcare providers that care for patients will be included and are exposed to the regular healthcare and services provided to patients. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Patients ages 16 and above treated at MUSC Charleston that experience an injury due to interpersonal or community violence
- Glasgow coma score (GCS) of 15 at the time of study enrollment
- -Loved ones (partners), caregivers and family members of patients that enroll in the study that experienced violent injuries
- -Healthcare team members that cared for victims of violence in the past 6 months
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Lack of capacity to consent due to altered mental status (AMS) or severe untreated mental illness
- Being under arrest or incarcerated at the time of assessment for enrollment
- Non-English speaking patients
- Ages under 16
- Non-English speaking
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program)TTVIP is already integrated into the regular care of patients who are violently injured and treated at MUSC Charleston. Client advocates provide immediate support, help with communication and provide anti-retaliation messaging to victims of violence and their families, in addition to helping support their healthcare. Patients that opt to be followed for long-term wrap-around services and live in the surrounding 3-county area are supported for months (up to 1 year) after injury and provided mentorship, service referrals (i.e. education, employment, substance abuse, injury recovery, pro-social activities, housing) and mental health services. | Behavioural | Patients, family members and healthcare providers |
Primary outcome
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Time frame: Victims of violence will be screened at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
PTSD: PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL) The PCL-5 is a 20-item questionnaire, corresponding to the DSM-5 symptom criteria for PTSD. The self-report rating scale is 0-4 for each symptom. Rating scale descriptors are the same: Not at all, A little bit, Moderately, Quite a bit, and Extremely. They are scored 0-4. The score is totaled (0-80), with a cut-off of 33 being indicative of PTSD and higher scores indicating worse symptoms.
Self-Esteem
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months
Self esteem will be assessed using he Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale. This is a 10-item scale with response options that indicate level of agreement (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree) related to statements of self esteem. Responses are scored (1-4), and totaled. Higher scores indicate higher self-esteem.
Future Firearm Violence Risk
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Future risk of firearm violence will be assessed with the SaFTEy Score (Serious fighting, Friend weapon carrying, community Environment, and firearm Threats). This is a 4 -item survey that assesses future risk of experiencing firearm violence. Each response is scored and all are totaled. Scores range 0-10, and 10 indicates high risk of future violence.
Depression
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
The PHQ-9 (patient health questionnaire) is used to assess for depression. It is a 9 item instrument that asks about depressive symptoms. Each question has a 4 response option that assesses for frequency of having symptoms, and each question is scored 0-3. The total score ranges from 0-27. 0 - 4 indicates no depression, 5-9 mild depressive symptoms, 10-14 moderate depressive symptoms, 15-19 moderately-severe depressive symptoms, and 20-27 severe depressive symptoms.
Benefits of hospital violence intervention program implementation
Time frame: Healthcare providers will be assessed with baseline assessment at enrollment (1 time cross-sectional survey)
Healthcare providers will be surveyed on perceptions of the implementation of the Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (TTVIP). This is not an instrument, but questions assessing the following domains will be asked in a survey: knowledge of TTVIP services, impact on communication, medical care, trauma informed care, culturally competent care, and patient outcomes. Answer options will be based on level of agreement. Results will be reported by percentage of individuals reporting the response options.
Percentage of Patients with Criminal justice system involvement
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
There will not be an instrument used. Rather, subjects will be asked if they have been subject to criminal charges, arrest and incarceration. The answer options will be in a yes/no format, and the outcome will be reported by incidence (percentage of individuals indicating criminal justice system involvement).
Percentage of Patients with Adverse Social Determinants of Health
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
Social Determinants of Health will be assessed with the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Screening tool. This tool assesses social determinants of health (SDoH) and domains being assessed for this study include housing, safety, food insecurity, transportation, ability to afford basic needs, ability to pay for utilities, employment, and social support. The questions are not scored nor is a scale used, and response options are in the form of yes/no, multiple choices categories and frequencies. Results will be reported by incidence (percentage of subjects reporting the option).
Percentage of patients with perceived risk of violence
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
An instrument will not be used. The participant will be asked in a survey to indicate their level of agreement to a statement about feeling at risk of being a victim of violence. The result will be reported by the percentage of each response.
Percentage of patients experiencing a repeat injury
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment
An instrument will not be used. Subjects will be asked if they have experienced a repeat injury (violent or non-violent) since enrollment in the study via survey question.
Percentage of patients with recovery service needs
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after injury. Patient loved ones/caregivers will be assessed at baseline and 3-6 months after injury.
This will not be an instrument. Participants will be asked in a survey to indicate which services they feel like they need to recover after experiencing injury by selecting the boxes that they feel apply (services: medical/surgical, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work, housing assistance, food assistance, transportation assistance, financial assistance, health insurance, conflict resolution, education, employment, accessing victims of crime services, legal services). Results will be reported by the percentage of individuals indicating service needs.
Percentage of patients reporting threats of violence
Time frame: Victims of violence will be assessed 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
This will not be assessed with an instrument. This will be assessed with a survey question asking if the patient has experienced threats of violence.
Percentage of patients reporting favorable outcomes of Violence Intervention Services
Time frame: Patients enrolled in TTVIP will be assessed at the following intervals after enrollment: 3 months, 6 months and 12 months. Loved ones/caregivers will be assessed with proxy questions 3-6 months after their loved one was enrolled.
The iMPRoVE (Measures for Providers to Victimization Experiences) is a survey that assesses the outcomes and quality of victim intervention services within the following domains: legal/justice system, medical care and coordination, mental health focused services, crisis intervention and referral services, supportive or community advocacy services, and underserved population focused services. Each question is designed to assess if the TTVIP provided services that were perceived as beneficial to the individual related to the domain. There are two question banks - one for individuals/victims, and one for proxy (caregivers, loved ones, family members). Each question has a response option (strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly disagree). It is not scaled or scored, but rather each response indicates the level of agreement to the question or statement. Results will be reported by the percentage of individuals answering the options.
Percentage of Patients Reporting Favorable Quality of Health Care
Time frame: Victims of violence and loved ones/caregivers will be assessed at baseline enrollment and 3 months after enrollment.
This will not be assessed with an instrument. Questions will be administered via survey assessing the following domains of participant perception of their healthcare: communication, cultural competence, empathy, and bias. Questions will be assessed by level of agreement and reported by percentage reporting the responses.
Percentage of patients enrolled in hospital violence intervention program
Time frame: Victims of violence will be asked at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment.
Subjects will be asked if they are enrolled in the Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program. It will be a yes or no question, and be reported by incidence (percentage of subjects enrolled).
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Apr 2026.
- Background: PubMed 28395357Goldstick JE, Carter PM, Walton MA, Dahlberg LL, Sumner SA, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM. Development of the SaFETy Score: A Clinical Screening Tool for Predicting Future Firearm Violence Risk. Ann Intern Med. 2017 May 16;166(10):707-714. doi: 10.7326/M16-1927. Epub 2017 Apr 11.
- Background: PubMed 34416223Kegler SR, Dahlberg LL, Vivolo-Kantor AM. A descriptive exploration of the geographic and sociodemographic concentration of firearm homicide in the United States, 2004-2018. Prev Med. 2021 Dec;153:106767. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106767. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
- Background: PubMed 30095028Monopoli WJ, Myers RK, Paskewich BS, Bevans KB, Fein JA. Generating a Core Set of Outcomes for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. J Interpers Violence. 2021 May;36(9-10):4771-4786. doi: 10.1177/0886260518792988. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
- Background: PubMed 25442223Purtle J, Rich LJ, Bloom SL, Rich JA, Corbin TJ. Cost-benefit analysis simulation of a hospital-based violence intervention program. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Feb;48(2):162-169. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.08.030. Epub 2014 Nov 6.
- Background: PubMed 23511134Smith R, Dobbins S, Evans A, Balhotra K, Dicker RA. Hospital-based violence intervention: risk reduction resources that are essential for success. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Apr;74(4):976-80; discussion 980-2. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828586c9.
- Background: PubMed 36102509Gorman E, Coles Z, Baker N, Tufariello A, Edemba D, Ordonez M, Walling P, Livingston DH, Bonne S. Beyond Recidivism: Hospital-Based Violence Intervention and Early Health and Social Outcomes. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Dec 1;235(6):927-939. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000409. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
- Gun violence information in rural areasLink provided by the sponsor.
- HAVI membershipLink provided by the sponsor.
- TTVIP websiteLink provided by the sponsor.
- ADI linkage (area deprivation index)Link provided by the sponsor.
- City level data on firearm homicideLink provided by the sponsor.
- Adverse child events screeningLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Not indicated
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Ashley Hink, MD principal investigator
Medical University of South Carolina
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program) in people with Firearm Injury and Violence, Physical, run by Medical University of South Carolina at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Ashley Hink, MD (843-792-7082, hink@musc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (time frame: Victims of violence will be screened at baseline enrollment, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after enrollment). The study lists 14 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06582953, which also lists 6 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Apr 2026.