Assessing the Feasibility of a Whole Health Coaching Intervention for Veterans With Chronic Multisymptom Illness

War Related Illness and Injury Study Center

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Chronic Multisymptom Illness

Treatments: Other: Health coaching intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT06711172

1592308

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examines the impact of a clinical whole health coaching program aimed at improving Veteran's health and well-being by promoting engagement/adherence with clinical recommendations and increasing healthy lifestyle behaviors in treatment-seeking Veterans receiving care at the DC and CA War Related Illness and Injury Study Centers.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

•Veterans receiving a clinical evaluation at the War Related Illness and Injury Study Centers in Washington, DC or Palo Alto, California.

Exclusion criteria

• Current active suicidal or homicidal ideation
• Current or lifetime history of a psychiatric disorder with primary psychotic features
• Current or lifetime bipolar disorder
• Acute or unstable psychiatric condition(s) and/or chronic illnesses that would benefit from immediate referral for treatment
• Neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, advanced Parkinson's disease, and unstable epilepsy
• Pregnancy
• Current exposure to trauma, or exposure to trauma in the past 3 months
• Current or within the past 30 days substance abuse or dependence (except nicotine)
• Excessive alcohol intake defined as an AUDIT score ≥ 4 for men and an AUDIT score ≥ 3 for women.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Health Coaching

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Health coaching intervention