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Testing an Adaptive Intervention for Peer-Supported Mobile Health for Primary Care Veterans With Psychological Distress

NCT07507747 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 384

Last updated 2026-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many Veterans experience psychological distress including depression, PTSD, anxiety and problems with sleep and anger. Services to address these problems need to be easy for Veterans to access. VA mobile health applications (mHealth apps) that teach skills to manage psychological distress are widely available. However, Veterans rarely use these apps enough to experience health benefits. Peer specialists are VA employees who are trained to use their lived experiences in mental health recovery to help other Veterans. Peers can provide support and accountability to Veterans as they use mHealth apps. Peers working in VA primary care settings are easily accessible to Veterans who receive VA services. This study aims to improve the health of Veterans by testing the effectiveness of peer-supported mHealth in reducing psychological distress. It will also test how much peer support Veterans need to improve their health with using mHealth apps.

Conditions

  • Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

1 session of peer mHealth

Patients receive one session with a peer while using mHealth apps to manage psychological distress

BEHAVIORAL

4 sessions Peer mHealth

Patients receive 4 sessions with a peer while using mHealth apps to manage psychological distress

BEHAVIORAL

4 sessions of Peer Whole Health

Patients receive 4 session with a peer focused on Whole Health

BEHAVIORAL

Self Managed mHealth

Patients use mHealth apps to manage psychological distress

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Kyle Possemato, PhD · Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2029-04-30
Completion
2030-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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