Improving Health Services for Veterans With Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT00012961

Last Updated: 2015-04-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Completion Date

2003-03-31

Brief Summary

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Schizophrenia exacts a high toll on the lives of patients and their families and constitutes a major health care cost. VISN 5 has placed special emphasis on improving care for veterans with severe mental disorders, an effort recently recognized by the VA as a Program of Excellence in the Care of Seriously Mentally Ill Veterans.

Detailed Description

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Background:

Schizophrenia exacts a high toll on the lives of patients and their families and constitutes a major health care cost. VISN 5 has placed special emphasis on improving care for veterans with severe mental disorders, an effort recently recognized by the VA as a Program of Excellence in the Care of Seriously Mentally Ill Veterans.

Objectives:

This study is implementing a set of promising QOC methods for assessing QOC for schizophrenia in routine settings, using the evidence-based treatment recommendations developed under the AHCPR/NIMH-sponsored Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT).

Methods:

A random sample of 350 persons with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder is being drawn from the VISN 5 sites. Patients must have more than one outpatient contact during the preceding six months. Each subject will participate in two one-hour interviews, one at baseline and another six months later. An informant, psychiatrist, therapist, etc. will also be interviewed to help validate participant response.

Status:

Project work is ongoing.

Conditions

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Schizophrenia

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group 1

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients must be adults currently in treatment for an Axis I schizophrenia spectrum disorder (DSM295) at VA.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Alan S. Bellack, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

Locations

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Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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VCR 99-012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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