Assessing Supported Employment With Veterans With Felony Convictions and Mental Illness or Substance Abuse

NCT01629953 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: D7635-R
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study continues to develop and refine best practices in the delivery of vocational services to veterans with histories of felony convictions and mental health/substance abuse difficulties. There are currently over 225,000 incarcerated veterans and it is estimated 64,000 veterans are released from prisons annually. These veterans encounter significant difficulties in finding employment due to stigma, intrapersonal difficulties, and out-dated work skills. Additionally these veterans are more likely to be homeless than other population., Previous work has found that manual based, vocational groups led by trained vocational staff led to quicker employment compared to traditional vocational services and manual based self studies. To attempt to improve on previous results, this study adds principles and components of supported employment including ongoing follow-up, treatment team coordination, and community based assistance.

Conditions

Employment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Employment

  Number of veterans finding work within 6 months

  within 6 months

• Total Employment

  Total amount employed over 1 year follow-up period

  1 years

Study Arms (2)

Group Based Vocational Rehabilitation

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Group vocational intervention

Other: Group vocational intervention

Supported Employment Condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Group vocational intervention + supported employment

Other: Supported Employment Condition

Interventions

Group vocational intervention OTHER

Group based manualized vocational rehabilitation

Group Based Vocational Rehabilitation

Supported Employment Condition OTHER

Veterans in this condition will receive a proven group based manualized vocational rehabilitation intervention

Supported Employment Condition

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• history of at least one felony conviction
• diagnosis of a mental illness including substance use disorders

You may not qualify if:

• dementia
• active psychosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

• VA Office of Research and Development: lead
• North Texas Veterans Healthcare System: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

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

Dallas, Texas, 75216, United States

Location

Limitations and Caveats

Continual follow-up was difficult and though all 112 had post data recorded, not all Veterans had monthly updates. This may have led to some loss of specific start dates for employment.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: James LePage, Ph.D. Chief Research and Development
• Organization: VA North Texas Health Care System

james.lepage@va.gov

214-857-0240

Study Officials

• James P. LePage, PhD

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

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 26, 2012
• First Posted: June 28, 2012
• Study Start: October 31, 2011
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2016
• Study Completion: May 1, 2019
• Last Updated: June 17, 2019
• Results First Posted: May 22, 2018

Record last verified: 2019-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)