Effectiveness of a Health Education Program in a Primary Care Setting
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00012779. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Brief summary
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This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a Health Education Program (HEP) for improving the well-being and reducing the health care use and cost of care of frail older outpatient veterans, and for improving the well-being of their spouse caregivers. HEP is a multi-component group program delivered in 8 weekly, 2-hour sessions, and 10 monthly 2-hour follow-up sessions, it includes emotion-focused and problem focused coping strategies, education and support.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00012779
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 288 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 55 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Not listed
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Mar 2003 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Apr 7, 2015
Ends 2003
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Boston Healthcare System Brockton Campus, Brockton, MA | Brockton | Massachusetts | 02301 | — |
| Albany VA Medical Center Samuel S. Stratton, Albany, NY | Albany | New York | 12208 | — |
| VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY | Buffalo | New York | 14215 | — |
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