Adjusting to Chronic Conditions Using Education, Support, and Skills

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Heart Failure, Anxiety, Depression

In brief

The current study seeks to test the effectiveness of a talk-therapy intervention designed to better meet the needs of chronically ill Veterans. This project looks to recruit 450 Veterans with either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or heart failure (HF) who also have symptoms of worry, stress, anxiety, or sadness. Participants will be randomly put into either the talk-therapy intervention or enhanced usual care. The talk therapy intervention will be provided by VA clinicians in the primary care setting and will consist of 6 core meetings (30-45 minutes in duration) and 2 follow-up telephone meetings. Enhanced usual care participants will receive feedback regarding the assessment findings and educational materials on COPD and/or HF, depression and anxiety.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01149772

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

302

Starts

2011-02-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-02-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• COPD and/or HF diagnosis; confirmation based upon medical chart review.
• clinically significant symptoms for anxiety and/or depression.

You may not qualify if…

• cognitive impairment
• presence of bipolar, psychotic or substance abuse disorder.

Where it is running

• VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston, Texas, United States

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