Improving Housing Outcomes for Homeless Veterans
2 other identifiers
interventional
35
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Many homeless Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) enroll in the VA's Supported Housing (VASH) program but struggle to obtain and sustain housing. Social skills are an important-but underappreciated-determinant of housing outcomes for homeless adults. The investigators hypothesize that homeless Veterans with SMI who participate in a social skills training program, tailored for housing-related social skills, will obtain housing quicker, retain housing longer, and show improved mental health outcomes compared to Veterans with similar needs not participating in such a program.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jun 2018
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 26, 2018
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 21, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 24, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 23, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 23, 2022
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
July 19, 2024
CompletedJuly 19, 2024
April 1, 2024
4.2 years
August 21, 2018
August 21, 2023
April 10, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire - 8
Acceptability of the intervention to participants Scores range from 8 to 32, with higher values indicating higher satisfaction (no specific cut-offs to indicate specific levels of satisfaction)
12 weeks after baseline assessment at start of intervention
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Percent Days Housed for One Year After Intervention Completion
1 year
Study Arms (1)
Housing Skills Training Group Patients
EXPERIMENTALHomeless Veterans with serious mental illness who are inpatient at the VA Greater Los Angeles Domiciliary or enrolled in a VA Supported Housing (VASH) program and participating in a Housing Skills Training Group as part of routine clinical care. The intervention was 12 sessions long, with one session per week.
Interventions
12-session social skills training group for persons with homeless experiences and serious mental illness delivered once a week for 12 weeks
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Identified by VA Greater Los Angeles homeless program staff as a participant in Housing Skills Training:
- Must have a history of homelessness
- Must be a Veteran over the age of 18 years
- Must have a serious mental illness (mood disorder, anxiety disorder, psychotic disorder)
You may not qualify if:
- None
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA
West Los Angeles, California, 90073-1003, United States
Related Publications (1)
Gabrielian S, Hamilton AB, Gelberg L, Koosis ER, Hoffmann L, Carlson DM, Young AS. Testing an implementation package in a housing skills training pilot for homeless-experienced persons with serious mental illness. Implement Res Pract. 2024 Mar 6;5:26334895241236679. doi: 10.1177/26334895241236679. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
PMID: 38449910DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Sonya Gabrielian, MD, Investigator
- Organization
- VA Greater Los Angeles
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sonya Emi Gabrielian, MD MPH
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- FED
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 21, 2018
First Posted
August 24, 2018
Study Start
June 26, 2018
Primary Completion
August 23, 2022
Study Completion
August 23, 2022
Last Updated
July 19, 2024
Results First Posted
July 19, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Time Frame
- Datasets meeting VA standards for disclosure to the public will be made available within 1 year of publication.
- Access Criteria
- Prior to distribution, a local privacy officer will certify that all datasets contains no PHI. Final data sets will be maintained locally until enterprise-level resources become available for long-term storage and access. Guidance on request and distribution processes will be provided by ORD. Those requesting data will be asked to sign a Letter of Agreement.
The PI will create de-identified, study-specific datasets that include all variables in a publication. Some loss of information might occur given the need to remove PHI. The PI will replace social security and medical station numbers with study-specific numbers. The PI will drop date of birth and replace age with age categories, in accordance with PHI requirements for people 85 years of age and older. Dates of service will be replaced with year dummies.