Effectiveness of a Health Education Program in a Primary Care Setting
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Frail Elderly
In brief
This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a Health Education Program (HEP) for improving the well-being and reducing the health care use and cost of care of frail older outpatient veterans, and for improving the well-being of their spouse caregivers. HEP is a multi-component group program delivered in 8 weekly, 2-hour sessions, and 10 monthly 2-hour follow-up sessions, it includes emotion-focused and problem focused coping strategies, education and support.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00012779
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 288
- Expected to finish
- 2003-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-07
Who can join
Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Caregiver inclusion criteria: 2) married to, and living with, the care recipient; 2) age 55 and older; 3) being the primary care provider for the care recipient and reporting at least a moderate level of burden on the Caregiver Strain Index; 4) report spouse has poor health care; and 5) receiver age 55 and suffering from chronic health condition.
Where it is running
- VA Boston Healthcare System Brockton Campus, Brockton, MA — Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
- Albany VA Medical Center Samuel S. Stratton, Albany, NY — Albany, New York, United States
- VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY — Buffalo, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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