Informal Caregivers ANSWERS-VA

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the ANSWERS- VA intervention (Acquiring New Skills While Enhancing Remaining Strengths for Veterans) while also determining it's cost effectiveness in the stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) populations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02398409

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

143

Starts

2014-11-03

Expected to finish

2019-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Informal caregiver of a family member or friend (Veteran) with a stroke or TBI
• Caregiver must express need or concerns in providing care
• Plans to be providing care for 1 year or longer
• Access to telephone
• Willingness to participate in 9 call from a nurse and 5 data collection calls at designated timepoints
• Veteran's stroke must be within past 3 years
• Veteran's TBI must be since 9/11/01

You may not qualify if…

• Caregiver or survivor age < 18 years
• Caregiver denies that survivor has had a stroke or a TBI
• Caregiver does not consider him or herself a caregiver, stating that the survivor is not impaired or is the same as before the stroke or TBI
• Caregiver has low task difficulty (OCBS task difficulty score < 16)
• Caregiver communication difficulties (e.g., hearing loss)
• Caregiver not fluent in the English language
• Caregiver with serious medical illness limiting ability to participate
• Caregiver refuses to sign a HIPAA authorization allowing the VA to store personal health information (PHI) in a location outside the VA
• Survivor residing in a nursing home or long-term care facility
• Survivor or caregiver has a terminal illness (e.g., cancer, end of life condition with decreased life expectancy, renal failure requiring dialysis)
• Survivor or caregiver history of hospitalization for alcohol or drug abuse
• Survivor or caregiver history of Alzheimer's, dementia, suicidal tendencies, severe untreated depression or manic depressive disorder, or schizophrenia.
• Survivor or caregiver pregnancy
• Survivor or caregiver is a prisoner or on house arrest
• Survivor had a Transient Ischemic Attack (rather than a hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke)
• Survivor had a stroke more than 3 years ago

Where it is running

• Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston, Texas, United States

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