Status:
COMPLETED
Telephone Case Monitoring (TCM) for Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test whether providing PTSD patients additional support by telephone (in addition to usual outpatient care) after they discharge from residential treatment improves tho...
Detailed Description
Background: Poor compliance with aftercare may contribute to high rates of relapse and rehospitalization among Veterans who received residential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Tel...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with a PTSD diagnosis entering PTSD residential treatment with an intended length of stay of 15 days or longer (patients in brief evaluation or acute stabilization tracks will not be included, as their discharge plan may include readmission to residential treatment within a few months).
Exclusion
- Patients discharging from residential treatment within four days of admission(insufficient time to consent and assess them);
- Active Duty military personnel;
- Patients transferred from residential care to an inpatient medical unit due to emergent medical problems;
- Patients with traumatic brain injury or other organic impairment that compromises capacity to consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
837 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00288860
Start Date
October 1 2006
End Date
December 1 2011
Last Update
April 25 2016
Active Locations (5)
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1
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR
No. Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72114-1706
2
VA Medical Center, Battle Creek
Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, 49015
3
VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
4
VA Medical Center, Coatesville
Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States, 19320