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Rebuilding Bridges for Homeless Veterans

Sponsor
VA Connecticut Healthcare System (U.S. Fed)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT03329157
Collaborator
(none)
30
Enrollment
1
Location
1
Arm
55
Anticipated Duration (Months)
0.5
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Pilot study on an intervention called Rebuilding Bridges to help veterans re-engaged with loved ones.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: Rebuilding Bridges
 N/A

Detailed Description

The objective of the proposed project is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Rebuilding Bridges intervention, which was designed to help homeless Veterans plan and implement steps to engage friends, family and other loved ones in their lives. The PI and his team will enroll approximately 25-30 Veterans. Veterans will be recruited via provider referral and via advertisements that will be placed in general clinical areas and desks at the Errera Center. The PI will work with the Veterans to create a detailed genogram of family, friends and other supporters in the Veteran's life. This will be followed by a meeting with each Veteran over the course of three 30-minute weekly sessions to help the Veteran identify and engage people listed in their genogram which the Veteran might want to form stronger relationships with. Veterans will also be asked to complete several measures and questionnaires such as housing information, employment, mental health and quality of life.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
30 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
Single group design.Single group design.
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Supportive Care
Official Title:
Rebuilding Bridges for Homeless Veterans
Actual Study Start Date :
Apr 15, 2018
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Nov 15, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Nov 15, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Other: Rebuilding Bridges

This is a one-group study and the group will receive the Rebuilding Bridges intervention

Other: Rebuilding Bridges
Psychosocial intervention to help veterans re-engage with family members called Rebuilding Bridges, developed for this project.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Social Support [2 years]

    2-Way Social Support scale and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, which generates a total score from 1 to 7 with higher scores indicating greater social support

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Housing status [2 years]

    Nights stayed in own place and nights homeless in the past 60 days, which should total 60 days.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Over 18 years old

  2. Currently in a VA homeless program

  3. Able to provide valid consent

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Acute psychiatric decompensation requiring inpatient admission or emergency department services within the last month (suicidality, homicidally, mania, psychotic decompensation)

  2. Has a conservator

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Connecticut United States 06516

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jack Tsai, PhD, VA Connecticut

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT03329157
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 102317
First Posted:
Nov 1, 2017
Last Update Posted:
Jun 9, 2020
Last Verified:
Jun 1, 2020
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 9, 2020