Workshops for Veterans With Vision and Hearing Loss

NCT ID: NCT01109576

Last Updated: 2015-09-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 13 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-08-31

Brief Summary

This is a pilot study of workshops to help Veterans with both vision and hearing loss live a happier, fuller and less stressful life. The results will be used to guide the development of a large scale clinical trial.

Detailed Description

This pilot study will enrolled 13 Veterans with Dual Sensory Loss (DSL), age 65 to over 89. The project headquarters in the Portland Oregon Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be tasked with the development of the workshops and writing of a Curriculum and Procedures Manual. The Atlanta VAMC research collaborators enrolled the 13 Veterans. Staff turnover reduced time available for enrollment and data collection. We therefore eliminated the original comparison group design and this study had only one experimental intervention arm and no control intervention or other arm. Veterans were chronologically enrolled who responded to recruitment letters and who passed telephone and onsite screening. The intervention consisted of six weekly two hour workshops providing information, skills training and exercises about self-managing DSL effects on daily life. Preliminary effectiveness data was collected and analyzed, and a large scale clinical trial will be proposed as a followup to explore the efficacy of this management approach. This study data tracked pre and post intervention within subject changes.

Conditions

Deafness; Blindness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

DSL workshop participants

Three to five Veterans with DSL.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

DSL Workshop

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A series of 6 weekly 2 hour interactive workshops for Veterans with age-related Dual Sensory Loss that provide instruction, skills training, exercises and facilitated interaction among peers.

Interventions

DSL Workshop

A series of 6 weekly 2 hour interactive workshops for Veterans with age-related Dual Sensory Loss that provide instruction, skills training, exercises and facilitated interaction among peers.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Dual Sensory Loss Self Management Groups

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Veteran;
• Vision loss > 20/70 better eye;
• Hearing loss > 40 decibels better ear;
• Cognition Within Normal Limits (WNL);
• No behavioral flag or psychiatric diagnosis;
• Documented psychosocial restrictions secondary to vision and hearing loss

Exclusion Criteria

• Vision and/or hearing can be corrected by surgical or pharmacological treatment;
• Requires use of sign language interpreter

• Minimum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Atlanta VA Medical Center

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Mitchel Turbin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Locations

Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur

Decatur, Georgia, United States

VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

C7460-P

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id