Status:

COMPLETED

Enhancing Delivery of Problem Solving Therapy Using SmartPhone Technology

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Depression

Anxiety

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-64 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This project will be the first to evaluate the Moving Forward app in VA. Identifying an effective treatment for anxiety and depression in primary care is imperative within Veterans Health Administrati...

Detailed Description

Access and engagement in evidence-based psychotherapies for Veterans are high priorities for the Veterans Health Administration, especially the Office of Rural Health and the office of Mental Health S...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Veterans will be eligible if they are 18 years old or older,
  • speak and understand English,
  • are patients in the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Primary Care-Mental Health Integration,
  • and have a current diagnosis of depression
  • major depressive disorder, 296.2x and 296.3x
  • dysthymic disorder, 300.4
  • depressive disorder not otherwise specified, 311
  • and/or anxiety
  • panic disorder without agoraphobia, 300.01
  • panic disorder with agoraphobia, 300.21
  • specific phobia, 300.29
  • social phobia, 300.23
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder; 300.3
  • posttraumatic stress disorder, 309.81
  • acute stress disorder, 308.3
  • generalized anxiety disorder, 300.02
  • anxiety disorder not otherwise specified, 300.00
  • We considered enrolling only those Veterans diagnosed with mild-to-moderate depression, but chose to include a range of anxiety and depression-related disorders in order to reflect the population of Veterans seen in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration.
  • Additionally, Problem Solving Therapy is designed to treat a range of stress-related problems, including both anxiety and depressive disorders.
  • Veterans taking prescribed anxiolytics or anti-depressants will be eligible if they are on a stable medication regimen.

Exclusion

  • Exclusionary criteria include any current suicidal ideation,
  • substance dependence diagnosis and current use,
  • any psychotic spectrum diagnoses or
  • inability to provide informed consent.
  • Diagnosis will be confirmed by chart review and Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.
  • Acute suicidal ideation will be determined by the assessing or treating clinician.
  • During the baseline and follow-up interviews, any Veteran who endorses a "1" or higher on item # 21 on the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale "I feel that life isn't worthwhile" or item # 9 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 "thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself" will be asked follow-up questions on the suicide risk protocol (see appendix 3).
  • Current substance or alcohol use will be determined by the alcohol and substance use modules of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

33 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01891734

Start Date

April 1 2014

End Date

March 1 2015

Last Update

November 28 2016

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Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR

No. Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72114-1706