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
Active Locations (1)
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Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38104