Benefits Counseling to Preserve Function Among Disability Applicants
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 92
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Days of Work and Work-related Activity
研究概览
简要总结
This study will address the problem that claimants with psychiatric disabilities who apply for and receive disability benefits go on to work less than those whose claims are denied.
详细描述
The objective of this research is to conduct a 6-month randomized clinical trial comparing participants assigned to Benefits Counseling and to those assigned to the control condition, VA Orientation. Benefits Counseling is an adaptation of two counseling approaches to foster veterans' involvement in work and work-related activity compared to the control condition, VA Orientation. The first approach helped recipients of Social Security disability benefits for psychiatric illness return to work in part by alleviating beneficiaries' concerns that they would lose their benefits if they worked. The second approach is a Motivational Interviewing approach that showed great promise in engaging veterans with psychiatric disabilities in compensated work therapy.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Has never received VBA benefits
- •Able to provide valid consent
- •Expresses willingness to discuss benefits with a counselor
- •Difficulty working as evidenced by a "Yes" to either (a), (b), or (c) of the question below about work-related difficulties: During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems (such as feeling depressed and anxious):
- •Cut down on the amount of time you spent on work or other activities?
- •Accomplished less than you would like?
- •Didn't do work or other activities as carefully as usual?
- •Expresses willingness to try Benefits Counseling if assigned to it
- •An evaluation by a psychiatrist or psychologist is scheduled
排除标准
- •Already receiving VA payments
- •Already receiving SSI or SSDI payments
- •Has a conservator
结局指标
主要结局
Days of Work and Work-related Activity
时间窗: Month 6
Number of days in the past 28 spent engaged in any kind of work or related activity. Measured using a timeline follow-back calendar.
次要结局
未报告次要终点