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Benefits Counseling to Preserve Function Among Disability Applicants

NCT00715650 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2016-03-11

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Summary

This study will address the problem that claimants with psychiatric disabilities who apply for and receive disability benefits go on to work less than those whose claims are denied.

Conditions

  • Veterans' Disability Claims

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Benefits Counseling

Benefits counseling is designed to improve the quality of life of disability applicants by accomplishing two functions: 1) Providing information concerning what vocational rehabilitation services are available and how they will affect receipt of disability payments, 2) Amplifying applicants' existing motivation to engage in work and related-activities, using a Motivational Interviewing approach.

BEHAVIORAL

VA Orientation

VA Orientation is designed to provide the Veteran with information regarding the services available, how to access the services and where the service is located on the VA campus.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Marc I. Rosen, MD · VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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