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Improving Housing Outcomes for Homeless Veterans

Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development (U.S. Fed)
Overall Status
Active, not recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT03646149
Collaborator
(none)
38
Enrollment
1
Location
49.9
Anticipated Duration (Months)
0.8
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Many homeless Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) enroll in the VA's Supported Housing (VASH) program but struggle to obtain and sustain housing. Social skills are an important-but underappreciated-determinant of housing outcomes for homeless adults. The investigators hypothesize that homeless Veterans with SMI who participate in a social skills training program, tailored for housing-related social skills, will obtain housing quicker, retain housing longer, and show improved mental health outcomes compared to Veterans with similar needs not participating in such a program.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Actual Enrollment :
    38 participants
    Observational Model:
    Cohort
    Time Perspective:
    Prospective
    Official Title:
    Improving Housing Outcomes for Homeless Veterans (CDA 15-074)
    Actual Study Start Date :
    Jun 26, 2018
    Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
    Aug 23, 2022
    Anticipated Study Completion Date :
    Aug 23, 2022

    Arms and Interventions

    Arm Intervention/Treatment
    Housing Skills Training Group

    Homeless Veterans with serious mental illness who are inpatient at the VA Greater Los Angeles Domiciliary or enrolled in a VA Supported Housing (VASH) program and participating in a Housing Skills Training Group as part of routine clinical care.

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Client Satisfaction Questionnaire - 8 [1 Year]

      Acceptability of the intervention to participants Scores range from 8 to 32, with higher values indicating higher satisfaction (no specific cut-offs to indicate specific levels of satisfaction)

    2. Perceived characteristics of the intervention scale [1 Year]

      Acceptability and appropriateness of the intervention to interventionists Scores range from 8-40, with higher values indicating higher levels of acceptability and appropriateness (no specific cut-offs to indicate specific levels of satisfaction)

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Percent days housed for one year after intervention completion [1 year]

      We will use the medical record, augmented by the residential time line follow back, to assess longitudinal housing outcomes for Veterans receiving this intervention

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Identified by VA Greater Los Angeles homeless program staff as a participant in
    Housing Skills Training:

    • Must have a history of homelessness

    • Must be a Veteran over the age of 18 years

    • Must have a serious mental illness (mood disorder, anxiety disorder, psychotic disorder)

    Exclusion Criteria:

    None

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA West Los Angeles California United States 90073

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • VA Office of Research and Development

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Sonya Emi Gabrielian, MD MPH, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    VA Office of Research and Development
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT03646149
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • CDX 18-004
    • CDA 15-074
    First Posted:
    Aug 24, 2018
    Last Update Posted:
    Oct 5, 2021
    Last Verified:
    Sep 1, 2021
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    Yes
    Plan to Share IPD:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.:
    No
    Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development
    Social Skills
    Housing

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Oct 5, 2021