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