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Effectiveness of a Health Education Program in a Primary Care Setting

NCT00012779 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 288

Last updated 2015-04-07

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Summary

This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a Health Education Program (HEP) for improving the well-being and reducing the health care use and cost of care of frail older outpatient veterans, and for improving the well-being of their spouse caregivers. HEP is a multi-component group program delivered in 8 weekly, 2-hour sessions, and 10 monthly 2-hour follow-up sessions, it includes emotion-focused and problem focused coping strategies, education and support.

Conditions

  • Frail Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education Program

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph B. Engelhardt, PhD · Albany VA Medical Center Samuel S. Stratton, Albany, NY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
2003-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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