N/A
N=837
Telephone Case Monitoring (TCM) for Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00288860 ↗Enrolled (actual)
837
Serious AEs
3.4%
Results posted
Apr 2016
Primary outcome: Primary: Aggressive Behavior; Alcohol Misuse; Drug Misuse; PTSD Symptoms — 63.9; 63.4; 3.0; 3.1 Scores on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Telephone monitoring (Behavioral); Treatment-As-Usual (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Apr 2011
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Aggressive Behavior; Alcohol Misuse; Drug Misuse; PTSD Symptoms |
63.9; 63.4; 3.0; 3.1; 0.15; 0.17 | — |
| PRIMARY Rehospitalization |
45; 55 | — |
| SECONDARY Depressive Symptoms, Subjective Quality of Life |
38.0; 38.4; 3.3; 3.3 | — |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to test whether providing PTSD patients additional support by telephone (in addition to usual outpatient care) after they discharge from residential treatment improves those patients' outcomes and keeps them out of the hospital longer.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients with a PTSD diagnosis entering PTSD residential treatment with an intended length of stay of 15 days or longer (patients in brief evaluation or acute stabilization tracks will not be included, as their discharge plan may include readmission to residential treatment within a few months).
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients discharging from residential treatment within four days of admission(insufficient time to consent and assess them);
- Active Duty military personnel;
- Patients transferred from residential care to an inpatient medical unit due to emergent medical problems;
- Patients with traumatic brain injury or other organic impairment that compromises capacity to consent.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00288860). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.