Successful Transitions and Reintegration Tools for Veterans (START-VETS)

VA Office of Research and Development20 enrolled

Overview

This study will develop prison reentry materials for Veterans leaving prison.

This study will be conducted in three phases Phase 1 is to collect qualitative data from Veterans who have recently been released from prison. The data will focus on their transition experience, stigma (both self and from others), and behaviors that interfered with success. Phase 2a will be to develop a transition program based around the needs identified in phase 1 Phase 2b will be to develop assessment tools to be used with the program Phase 3 will be to perform a two group randomized cross over design pilot study to assess the program

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Substance Use Disorder Mental Illness Recently Incarcerated

Interventions

START-VETBEHAVIORAL

prison reentry program

Treatment as usualOTHER

This intervention involves no additional services above what is provided by the local health care system

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Veteran with mental illness and/or substance use disorder released from prison within the past 36 months Exclusion Criteria: * psychosis or cognitive impairment precluding active participation

Locations (1)

VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Dallas, Texas, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in the Brief Symptom Inventory -18

The Brief Symptom Inventory - 18 evaluates the domains of Somatization, Depression, and Anxiety. Each scale has 6 items, with a range of 0-24. Higher indicates a higher amount of the identified construct, i.e a worse outcome.

Time frame: The Brief Symptom Inventory will be administered at the baseline of the subject's participation and again every 4 weeks for 16 weeks.

Change in the World Health Organization Quality of Life 100

The World Health Organization Quality of Life 100 is a overall measure quality of life for participants. It has 5 domains: Physical (12 items, range 12-60), Psychological (18 items, range 18-90), Independence (16 items, range 16 - 80), Social (12 items, range 12-60), Environment (32 items, range 32-160), and Spiritual (4 items, range 4-20). Higher indicates higher levels of quality of life.

Time frame: The World Health Organization Quality of Live 100 will be administered at the baseline of the subject's participation and again every 4 weeks for 16 weeks.

Inventory of Criminal Thinking Style

The Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) is an 80-item self-report inventory designed to measure eight thinking styles presumed to reinforce, support, and maintain a criminal lifestyle. The eight thinking styles assessed by the PICTS are Mollification, Cutoff, Entitlement, Power Orientation, Superoptimism, Sentimentality, Cognitive Indolence, and Discontinuity. There are 10 items on each scale with scale scores ranging from 0 - 30. Higher indicates worse outcomes

Time frame: The Inventory of Criminal Thinking Style will be administered at the baseline of the subject's participation and again every 4 weeks for 16 weeks.

Central Contacts

April Crawford, MS

CONTACT

(214) 857-2571 april.crawford@va.gov

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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