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NCT number NCT01166828
Other study ID # NRI 09-110
Secondary ID 1 I01 HX000161-0
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
First received July 19, 2010
Last updated June 25, 2015
Start date January 2011
Est. completion date May 2014

Study information

Verified date June 2015
Source VA Office of Research and Development
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Federal Government
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

NRI research focuses on nursing interventions that are patient-centered, culturally congruent, cost-effective and outcome-driven. High priority populations of interest are veterans with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI). The development of innovative tele home techniques for preventing pressure ulcers in veterans with SCI is of high importance in the VA. Our findings may provide clinicians with improved methods for skin and wound assessment and more effective and efficient PUP strategies for Hispanic and non Hispanic veterans. The new model for primary care, the patient-centered Medical Home provides an exciting change in the VA that can benefit from the proposed project.


Description:

The goal of the proposed project is to evaluate outcomes of a telehealth nursing intervention based on a social cognitive behavioral model to promote self management in pressure ulcer prevention, reduce costs and identify barriers and facilitators of using telehealth technology in the home environment. The telehealth intervention links to the Medical Home Model in the areas of providing self-management, patient education and family involvement in the veterans' care at home. NRI research focuses on nursing interventions that are patient-centered, culturally congruent, cost-effective and outcome-driven. Improving SCI care and the quality of life in veterans is a critical component of the VA mission. Veterans with SCI face many secondary complications including pressure ulcers (PU). Although PUs in SCI has been conceptualized as a mechanical alteration in skin integrity, there is ample evidence that supports the presence of a behavioral component to PU development. Based on promising results from our feasibility and validation pilot study, we propose "TELEPUPPS" (TELE pressure ulcer prevention problem solving), a program that innovatively combines two unique and complementary telehealth technologies--wireless tele-technology with camcorders and an in-home messaging device for veterans and their informal caregivers to prevent PUs. The proposed project is a randomized, controlled multi-site trial. The study will be conducted at the NF/SG VHS in Gainesville and Lake City, Florida and the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two hundred and thirty-two Hispanic and non Hispanic white veterans with SCI, caregivers and the absence of a PU for at least six months will be randomly assigned to one of two study arms: (1) TELEPUPPS; or (2) telephone attention control (TAC). Both groups will receive the usual medical care provided by the VA. The TELEPUPPS participants will learn self care management of PUP through a program based on a social cognitive behavioral model to reinforce problem solving and self-efficacy in preventing pressure ulcers. The program has been translated and validated for Puerto Rican veterans using focus groups. The TELEPUPPS participants will receive six TELEPUPPS sessions and the TAC participants will have six phone contacts every other week for three months. All participants will be assessed at baseline (T1), three months (T2), and nine months (T3).

Assessments will focus on 1) the study outcomes: PU prevention (Number of PUs and stage of PU), QOL, depression, adherence to self-management strategies for PUP, veteran and caregiver satisfaction, costs, and barriers and facilitators; (2) potential mediating variables: problem solving and self-efficacy; and (3) covariates including demographics and socio economics: age, ethnicity, education, marital status, rural vs. urban, caregiver, income, employment/retired status and health status variables. VA Project


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date May 2014
Est. primary completion date January 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 21 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Veterans with SCI - at the level of C6-L1 motor complete (ASIA A) 96 who have physical capability of independently performing a "pressure relief" (ASIA A persons are nonambulatory population and thus, full-time wheelchair users and are the most susceptible to having PUs)

- 21 years of age or older

- free of PUs for at least six months prior to recruitment

- SCI for 1 year in duration

- reside with a caregiver

- have a " plain old telephone system" (POTS) line in their home of residence

Exclusion Criteria:

- Veterans with SCI with complete motor and spared sensory function , individuals with lesions C5 and above and lesions below L1

- significant psychiatric comorbidities (e.g., schizophrenia and other active psychoses)

- cognitive impairments that limit a patient's ability to participate in the TELEPUPPS or telephone attention control intervention

- a terminal illness

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention


Intervention

Behavioral:
TELLEPUPPS
The TELEPUPPS participants will learn self care management of PUP through a program based on a social cognitive behavioral model to reinforce problem solving and self-efficacy in preventing pressure ulcers.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System Gainesville Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Pressure ulcer prevention 9 months No
Secondary Depression 9 months No
Secondary Costs 9 months No
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