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Facilitating Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Primary Care and Community Clinics

Sponsor
South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center (U.S. Fed)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00676962
Collaborator
(none)
23
Enrollment
1
Location
1
Arm
88
Duration (Months)
0.3
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The investigators propose to test the effect of external facilitation on the extent that brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression is incorporated into routine practice in primary care and community based clinics in the VA. The investigators will provide training in brief CBT to mental health providers in participating clinics. To the investigators' knowledge, this will be the first study of the effect of external facilitation on outcomes of a training intervention.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: External facilitation
 N/A

Detailed Description

We will test the effect of external facilitation on the extent that brief CBT for depression is incorporated into routine practice in primary care and community based clinics in the VA. We will provide training in brief CBT to mental health providers in participating clinics. To our knowledge, this will be the first study of the effect of external facilitation on outcomes of a training intervention.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
23 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Official Title:
Facilitating Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Primary Care and Community Clinics
Study Start Date :
May 1, 2008
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Sep 1, 2015
Actual Study Completion Date :
Sep 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Facilitation

Therapists receive assistance with adopting CBT

Behavioral: External facilitation
Study facilitator meets regularly with therapists to aid implementation of CBT
Other Names:
  • Facilitation

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    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. CBT progress notes [Monthly post-training for 6 months]

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    N/A and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • mental health clinicians in selected clinics who do or are willing to do psychotherapy.
    Exclusion Criteria:
    • clinicians who do not do psychotherapy in eligible clinics.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston Texas United States 77030

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Michael R Kauth, PhD, South Central MIRECC

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Michael R. Kauth, PhD, Associate Director for Education, SC MIRECC, South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT00676962
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • H-22908
    First Posted:
    May 13, 2008
    Last Update Posted:
    Sep 23, 2015
    Last Verified:
    Sep 1, 2015
    Keywords provided by Michael R. Kauth, PhD, Associate Director for Education, SC MIRECC, South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center
    Implementation
    facilitation
    psychotherapy
    training
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Depression

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Sep 23, 2015