Status:

COMPLETED

Telephone Coaching of Family Members of Veterans With Substance Abuse Problems

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Substance Abuse

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project will develop and pilot test an enhanced, telephone "coaching" intervention to help family members concerned about a Veteran of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan who needs to seek treatment ...

Detailed Description

The investigators will first develop a detailed manual for Coaching-CRAFT, which will be a telephone-based model of coaching that uses the web-version of an intervention already developed and availabl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • CSO is a sibling, spouse/ intimate partner, or parent of a US military Veteran who served in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001
  • by the report of the CSO the Veteran of interest has a substance abuse problem that has led to interpersonal, legal, occupational, and/or health related negative consequences
  • the CSO reports that the Veteran is not currently receiving treatment for this problem
  • the CSO has contact 4+times/week and lives with or within 30 min. of the Veteran.

Exclusion

  • CSO has a SUD (Form 90, see Measures)
  • the Veteran is currently incarcerated
  • the CSO has no computer or other device with Internet access able to view video content
  • the CSO or Veteran likely has a psychotic disorder (CSO report on the MINI) (see Measures)
  • the CSO's involvement in a "coaching" intervention meant to encourage the Veteran to actively consider to seek care places the CSO at risk on a physical or psychological basis
  • Callers who do not have access to a safe phone line will not be referred to the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 14 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

52 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03246646

Start Date

June 14 2017

End Date

September 30 2019

Last Update

June 30 2021

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Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104