Peer Support for Whole Health for Veterans

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Begins enrollment in 10 months

Conditions: Psychosocial Functioning; Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-Directed Whole Health; Behavioral: Peer Support for Whole Health

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT07387692

1I01RD000397-01A (Other Grant/Funding Number)

RRD4-011-25M

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project is evaluating a new intervention, Peer Support for Whole Health. Peer Support for Whole Health is delivered by peer support specialists, Veterans who are in recovery from mental health or substance use concerns who are employed to help other Veterans. Peer Support for Whole Health uses the Whole Health model to talk about values and self-care in all areas of life. Peer Support for Whole Health is designed to help Veterans who have difficulty with their relationships, work, or day-to-day life and may have behavioral health concerns. Peer Support for Whole Health is designed for Veterans in primary care who are not engaged in mental health or substance use treatment. The goal of this study is to find out whether Peer Support for Whole Health helps Veterans with relationships, work, or day-to-day life. This project will also study whether Peer Support for Whole Health improves well-being and mental health. Finally, this study will seek to understand how Peer Support for Whole Health works and which Veterans it helps the most.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Veterans
• enrolled in primary care at one of the study sites
• have some challenges with day-to-day life (e.g., relationships, work, school, getting things done) based on a standard questionnaire
• have a recent primary care medical record note documenting potential behavioral health concerns or symptoms
• fully understand the research study

Exclusion criteria

• not be enrolled in current peer support services, mental health services, or other similar services
• at risk for suicide or other high-risk concerns

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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240 participants in 2 patient groups

Peer Support for Whole Health

Experimental group

Description:

In this arm, Veteran participants will receive Peer Support for Whole Health from VA peer support staff.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer Support for Whole Health

Self-Directed Whole Health

Active Comparator group

Description:

In this arm, Veteran participants will receive information about Whole Health tools and resources from research staff.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-Directed Whole Health