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Service Dogs for Veterans With PTSD

NCT01329341 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-07-09

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate use of service dogs for individuals who have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Objectives include: (1) assess the impact service dogs have on the mental health and quality of life of Veterans; (2) to provide recommendations to the VA to serve as guidance in providing service dogs to Veterans; and (3) To determine cost associated with total health care utilization and mental health care utilization among Veterans with PTSD.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Service Dogs

Service dogs will be trained to help Veterans with PTSD

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Stephanie McGovern, RN · James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-01
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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