Online Early Resilience Intervention for Combat-Related PTSD in Military Primary Healthcare Settings: A Randomized Trial of "DESTRESS-PC"

Abstract

Over the course of the last year, the remaining two DESTRESS Nurses (at the WAMC and Charleston VA/Goose Creek sites) were hired, and other preparations were made for recruitment to begin at those sites--clinical space was obtained for the nurses, they completed 15 hours of DESTRESS website, nurse manual, and clinical assessment training, and they became credentialed at their respective sites to perform the duties of the study. The study Principal Investigator, COL Charles Engel, administered a PTSD training and study orientation for both the WAMC clinics (Joel, Clark, Robinson, and Family Medicine) and the Charleston VA/Goose Creek clinics with help from the respective site Principal Investigators and DESTRESS Nurses. Recruitment (which had begun at the Savannah, GA site in July of 2008) continued, and the first participant was consented and randomized in September. Recruitment began at the WAMC and Charleston VA/Goose Creek study sites in late 2008, bringing recruitment to full capacity. During the 7 months that recruitment has been underway at all sites, we have worked to maximize recruitment in order to make up for the delayed start of the study (which resulted from administrative issues relating to the study's dual funding). We have successfully instituted several strategies to boost study recruitment, and we are seeing a steady increase in the rate of participant enrollment, particularly at the Savannah, GA site, which has been up and running the longest. We are currently enrolling 1-2 participants per week, and expect the rate of recruitment to increase, allowing us to enroll approximately 121 participants by July 2010. Overall, we have consented 57 participants and randomized 25-12 at Savannah, 9 at WAMC, and 4 at Charleston VA/Goose Creek.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA511996

Entities

People

  • Charles Engel

Organizations

  • Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Biomedical Research
  • Combat Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Family Medicine
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Intervention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • Military Personnel
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Personnel Management
  • Savannahs
  • Training

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