Accession Number:

AD1098711

Title:

Interventions for Parent Caregivers of Injured Military/Veteran Personnel

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Apr 2019,31 Mar 2020

Corporate Author:

Memphis VA Medical Center Memphis United States

Personal Author(s):

• Nichols,Linda O.
• Martindale-Adams,Jennifer

Report Date:

2020-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

This randomized clinical trial of 160 parent caregivers of combat wounded adult children, half in each arm, will compare 6 30-minute online webinars to 6 one-hour individual sessions modeled on the REACH VA caregiver intervention, focusing on education, skills building and support over three months. Study aims are to Modifyrefine REACH intervention and Caregiver materials for Parent Caregivers, Determine adherence to the intervention and barriers to adherence, Determine if Caregivers respond to individual and elearning interventions with improvements in depression, burden, anxiety, Caregiver frustrations, and management of Veteran problems, Determine Caregivers subjective benefit from the two interventions satisfaction, usefulness, suggested changes, topics, strategies missing or needing expansion, and relevance, and Determine appropriateness of eligibility criteria to identify Caregivers who experience subjective and objective benefit. Data are collected at baseline, 3, and 6 months.

Descriptors:

• traumatic stress disorder
• clinical trials
• wounds and injuries
• military personnel
• military families
• anxiety disorders
• depression
• mental health
• intervention
• trauma

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE