Status:

COMPLETED

Interventions for Parent Caregivers of Injured Military/Veteran Personnel

Lead Sponsor:

Memphis VA Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Conditions:

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Brain Injuries, Traumatic

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This randomized clinical trial will test a behavioral caregiving intervention that has been used successfully for dementia and spinal cord injury caregivers to provide services to stressed and burdene...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Identify as a parent who serves as the primary/main caregiver for a post 9/11 service member or veteran with a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury or post traumatic stress disorder or physical injury and at least 1 activity of daily living limitation or 2 or more instrumental of daily living limitations;
  • provide 3 hours or more of care per day for at least 6 months;
  • endorse at least 2 caregiving stress behaviors (overwhelmed, often needing to cry, angry/frustrated, cut off from family/friends, moderate/high levels of stress, and declining health); and
  • have a telephone.
  • Internet access is desirable but not mandatory.

Exclusion

  • current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other major mental illness; or
  • auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

163 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03309046

Start Date

April 1 2017

End Date

March 31 2020

Last Update

October 23 2023

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Memphis VA Medical Center

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38104