Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 18Years +
All Genders
NCT06539988

Advancing Decisions About Virtual Service Encounters

Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2026-04-08

600

Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

117 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Expanded availability of virtual care encounters in Primary Care provides new opportunities to improve Veterans' outcomes by aligning encounter modalities with their needs and preferences. Yet, Veterans and their Primary Care physicians (PCPs) lack personalized information about the benefits and costs of different Primary Care modalities that is needed to maximize the value of Primary Care encounters. To address this problem, in this study the investigators will use surveys and interviews to identify what Veterans and PCPs perceive to be the benefits and optimal uses of different Primary Care encounter modalities. They will then supplement their existing system for communicating encounter costs to Veterans and PCPs with new interactive messaging about benefits and optimal uses of different encounter modalities. Finally, this novel Advancing Decisions about Virtual Service Encounters (ADViSE) intervention will be optimized through user-centered refinement before evaluating its effects on Veteran-centered outcomes, use of virtual care, and intermediate health outcomes in a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Advancing Decisions About Virtual Service Encounters

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Veteran has an upcoming face-to-face, telephone, or VA Video Connect appointment within 8 to 12 weeks
  • Veteran had at least 3 Primary Care face-to-face, telephone, or VA Video Connect encounters in the past 12 months
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Willing and able to receive text messages from the VA Patient Engagement, Tracking, and Long-term Support platform
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or a psychotic disorder

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

1

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105-2303

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Research Team

J

Jeffrey T Kullgren, MD MPH MS

CONTACT

N

Nora A Metzger, BA MSW

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Number of Arms

2

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