NCT02803125

Improving Psychosocial Functioning in Older Veterans With PTSD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this project is to develop an intervention to improve psychosocial functioning and quality of life for older Veterans with partial or full PTSD.

Detailed description

This project will develop, implement, and evaluate a group protocol geared toward restoring older Veterans to better, fuller functioning. This project will determine the feasibility and acceptability of such an intervention. The intervention developed will then be compared to a support group control condition. Primary outcomes are psychosocial functioning and quality of life, with PTSD and depressive symptoms as secondary outcomes. A complementary objective is to improve attitudes toward mental health treatment and to increase readiness for change and engagement in evidence-based psychotherapies, as appropriate. Results from this study will provide feasibility data for future development and testing of the intervention protocol.

Conditions

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Psychosocial intervention	This intervention is to be developed during the study. It will likely include modules that provide anger management strategies, communication skills, and education about interpersonal relationships and social support. In addition, psychoeducation about behavioral activation and stress management will likely be included
BEHAVIORAL	Support group control	The support groups will be process-oriented in nature with core elements manualized to facilitate consistency of the intervention. In particular, group leaders will facilitate a check-in with the group, and the agenda will be open to topics brought in by group members

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-14
• Primary completion: 2022-09-09
• Completion: 2022-09-23
• First posted: 2016-06-16
• Last updated: 2024-08-01
• Results posted: 2024-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States