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National Guard Outreach and Linkage to Treatment

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01020981
First received: November 24, 2009
Last updated: April 18, 2013
Last verified: January 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

This project will add an evaluation/research component to an existing peer outreach program, now implemented for over 1100 soldiers in the Michigan Army National Guard. Preliminary work will be completed in three areas. We will conduct semi-structured interviews with soldiers, Buddies, and National Guard leadership and develop and pilot test survey items relevant to implementation. Further, we will develop and pretest survey items relevant to determining soldier symptomatic and functional status. We will also conduct a small feasibility study, fielding the newly developed survey to a representative sample of recently returned National Guard members from Michigan and Indiana, to determine response rates and veteran willingness to allow access to linkable PDHA/PDHRA data and health services data. Finally, we will construct a merged, de-identified longitudinal dataset comprised of Post-Deployment Health Assessment and Reassessment data, Military Health System/TRICARE, and VA services data from National Guard soldiers in Michigan and comparison states of Indiana and Ohio. This will allow a longitudinal assessment of services initiation and retention for the entire Guard populations in these states.


Condition
Healthy

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
Official Title: National Guard Outreach and Linkage to Treatment

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • National Guard Soldier Survey [ Time Frame: Following return from deployment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 25000
Study Start Date: January 2010
Study Completion Date: December 2011
Primary Completion Date: December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts
Group 1
National Guard leadership, Buddies, and soldiers
Group 2
Michigan State Army National Guard soldiers who have returned from OEF/OIF deployments starting December 2008
Group 3
Indiana State Army National Guard soldiers who have returned from OEF/OIF deployments starting December 2008
Group 4
National Guard members from Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana who returned from OEF/OIF deployments after September 30, 2003

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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

MI, IN, and OH ARNG

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Returning MI ARNG member participating in the Buddy-to-Buddy program

Exclusion Criteria:

None

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01020981

Locations
United States, Michigan
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48113-0170
Sponsors and Collaborators
Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Marcia T. Valenstein, MD AB VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
  More Information

Publications:

Responsible Party: Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01020981     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: RRP 09-420
Study First Received: November 24, 2009
Last Updated: April 18, 2013
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
OEF/OIF
Peer Group
Veterans

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013