Peer Support for Whole Health for Veterans
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Peer Support for Whole Health, Self-Directed Whole Health.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Psychosocial Functioning, Mental Health. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Support for Whole Health
Overview
This project is evaluating a new intervention, Peer Support for Whole Health. Peer Support for Whole Health is delivered by peer support specialists, Veterans who are in recovery from mental health or substance use concerns who are employed to help other Veterans. Peer Support for Whole Health uses the Whole Health model to talk about values and self-care in all areas of life. Peer Support for Whole Health is designed to help Veterans who have difficulty with their relationships, work, or day-to-day life and may have behavioral health concerns. Peer Support for Whole Health is designed for Veterans in primary care who are not engaged in mental health or substance use treatment. The goal of this study is to find out whether Peer Support for Whole Health helps Veterans with relationships, work, or day-to-day life. This project will also study whether Peer Support for Whole Health improves well-being and mental health. Finally, this study will seek to understand how Peer Support for Whole Health works and which Veterans it helps the most.
Interventions
- Behavioral Peer Support for Whole Health
Veteran participants have one-on-one appointments with VA peer support staff to talk about VA Whole Health including goals and progress. - Behavioral Self-Directed Whole Health
Veteran participants have an appointment with research staff and receive information about VA Whole Health tools and resources including handouts, websites, and apps.
Primary outcome measures
- Inventory of Psychosocial Functioning [Time frame: 9 months]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Well-Being Signs [Time frame: 9 months]
- Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21) [Time frame: 9 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Veterans
- enrolled in primary care at one of the study sites
- have some challenges with day-to-day life (e.g., relationships, work, school, getting things done) based on a standard questionnaire
- have a recent primary care medical record note documenting potential behavioral health concerns or symptoms
- fully understand the research study
Exclusion criteria
- not be enrolled in current peer support services, mental health services, or other similar services
- at risk for suicide or other high-risk concerns
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 2 centers
- Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY — Syracuse
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07387692 · RRD4-011-25M · 1I01RD000397-01A