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An RCT of a Primary Care-Based PTSD Intervention: Clinician-Supported PTSD Coach

NCT02685358 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 234

Last updated 2024-03-04

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Summary

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an often severe and frequently disabling condition. It is associated with compromised health, early mortality, and substantial economic costs. PTSD is common in VA primary care patients; however, brief, effective treatments for PTSD are not available in the primary care setting. Instead, patients with PTSD are referred to mental health settings, yet many patients do not accept these referrals or do not adequately engage in such services. Thus, this project seeks to improve health care for Veterans by testing the effectiveness of a primary care-based treatment called clinician-supported PTSD Coach. In this treatment a primary care mental health clinician guides patients in using the PTSD Coach mobile app to learn about PTSD symptoms, treatment options, and strategies to cope with common PTSD-related concerns. If this treatment is found to be effective at reducing PTSD symptoms and increasing use of mental health care, it will provide a tremendous benefit to Veterans with PTSD seen in VA primary care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Clinician-Supported PTSD Coach

Clinician-supported PTSD Coach is primary care-based treatment. In this treatment a primary care mental health clinician guides patients in using the PTSD Coach mobile app to learn about PTSD symptoms, treatment options, and strategies to cope with common PTSD-related concerns. It consists of 4 brief sessions over 8 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Primary Care Mental Health Integrated Care as Usual

Existing primary care mental health integrated treatment will serve as the comparison condition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Eric R Kuhn, PhD · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2021-09-30
Completion
2021-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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