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Impact of Supported Employment Versus Standard Vocational Rehabilitation in Veterans With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

NCT00728325 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2013-12-05

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Summary

This prospective randomized study evaluates the impact of Supportive Employment (SE) compared to standard vocational rehabilitation (VRP) on occupational, sobriety, psychiatric, and quality of life outcomes and health care costs for veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Supported Employment (SE)

SE(IPS)involves: a vocational rehabilitation employment specialist who is integrated into the clinical treatment team, carries out all phases of the vocational services, provides predominantly community-based services, provides assertive engagement and outreach, has a case load of ≤ 25 clients; engages in rapid job search, individualized placement in diverse and potentially permanent competitive job(s), ongoing work-based vocational assessment, and assistance in finding subsequent jobs if needed with the view that all jobs are positive learning experiences; continuous time-unlimited follow-along supports to provide vocational services; and weekly group supervision with IPS/VRP team and with IPS supervisor/trainer monthly.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Vocational Rehabilitation (VRP)

Standard Vocational Rehabilitation (VRP) includes 1) the Vocational Assistance Program (includes routine prevocational testing and evaluation for all patients upon referral to VRP), 2) Vocational Rehabilitation Therapy that operates under the Compensated Work Therapy/Veterans Industries (CWT) and provides a work regimen with monetary incentives derived from contracts whereby participants are paid on a piece rate basis related to their production, and 3) Transitional Work Program (TWP) that includes a temporary work experience either within the VAMC or in community settings (called the Transitional Work External or TWE).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED

  • Tuscaloosa Research & Education Advancement Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lori L. Davis, M.D. · Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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