Progressive Goal Attainment Program for Veterans

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Worries; Pain or Disability; Mental Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Progressive Goal Attainment Program

• Registration Number: NCT01565863
• Lead Sponsor: MDRC

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) in improving employment outcomes and community engagement among U.S. veterans with disabilities.

Detailed Description

Veterans with disabilities often have low self-esteem and motivation, significant depression and a belief that their disability precludes them from gainful employment. The Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) is specifically designed to target these psycho-social risk factors of disability. PGAP is a structured, 10-week intervention that focuses on helping clients develop a planned activity schedule to assist them in resuming desirable life activities, including employment. The PGAP for Veterans Project will test the feasibility of delivering PGAP to U.S. military veterans. The research will focus on the best means of service delivery, staffing needs and how to coordinate PGAP in a larger veteran service system. MDRC will also gather information on the target population, recruitment methods, the feasibility of scaling and replication, and employment outcomes among the sample. Two hundred veterans will be enrolled and randomly assigned into the study across two sites: Errera Community Care Center within (part of the VA Connecticut Health Care System) and the Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-02
• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-27
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-29
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2013-11
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-09
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 199

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-reporting a disability.
• Unemployed or under-employed.
• Likely to benefit from PGAP (i.e. unengaged in social and community activities, difficulty attaining work due to motivational factors).

Exclusion Criteria

• Does not consent to be in the study.
• Significant barriers: serious substance abuse, significant psychotic disorders and cognitive disabilities that would preclude them from active participation in PGAP.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Progressive Goal Attainment Program	Progressive Goal Attainment Program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Employment	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life	6 months	Lehman Quality of Life Interview: Participants to rate their level of satisfaction with several domains of their lives (e.g. daily activities, social relations etc.) and their feelings about their lives as a whole on a 1-7 ("delighted" to "terrible") scale.
Citizenship	6 months	Citizenship Measure: 42-item scale that asks about the person's involvement in community and social activities and their ability to act and make choices on their own behalf on a 1-5 ("not at all/never" to "a lot/very often") scale

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

VA Connecticut Health Care Center; 🇺🇸 West Haven, Connecticut, United States

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States