The REACH Intervention for Caregivers of Veterans and Service Members With TBI
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Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury, Caregiver
In brief
This randomized waitlist control trial will evaluate the effects of a psychoeducational intervention called Resources for Enhancing All Caregivers' Health - Traumatic Brain Injury (REACH TBI) to decrease caregiver strain (primary outcome) and improve caregiver self-efficacy, anxiety, depression, and health care frustrations (secondary outcomes). This study will modify and adapt an award-winning caregiver intervention, Resources for Enhancing All Caregivers Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs (REACH VA), to support the needs of Caregivers of Veterans and Service Members with TBI.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06111794
- Run by
- University of Virginia
- People needed
- 160
- Starts
- 2024-07-12
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-08-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- To be eligible for the study, the participant must:
- identify as a primary caregiver for a V/SM who sustained a TBI at least 6 months prior;
- identify as a primary caregiver who has provided care for a V/SM with TBI for at least 6 months;
- provide some level of daily supervision or assistance with either a physical, cognitive, or behavioral issue they think is likely related to TBI;
- believe that at least half of their caregiving responsibilities are likely related to TBI rather than another health condition(s); and
- endorse a score of at least high burden (a score of 8 or higher) on the Zarit Burden Inventory-4.
You may not qualify if…
- no telephone;
- current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other major mental illness;
- auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult; or
- the caregiver believes that more than half of their caregiving for the V/SM is for issues related to another health condition(s) rather than TBI.
Where it is running
- Tampa VA Medical Center — Tampa, Florida, United States (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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