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NCT Number: NCT01565863

Progressive Goal Attainment Program for Veterans

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) in improving employment outcomes and community engagement among U.S. veterans with disabilities.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Worries; Pain or Disability

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

VA Connecticut Health Care Center, West Haven, Connecticut, United States

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About this study

Veterans with disabilities often have low self-esteem and motivation, significant depression and a belief that their disability precludes them from gainful employment. The Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) is specifically designed to target these psycho-social risk factors of disability. PGAP is a structured, 10-week intervention that focuses on helping clients develop a planned activity schedule to assist them in resuming desirable life activities, including employment. The PGAP for Veterans Project will test the feasibility of delivering PGAP to U.S. military veterans. The research will focus on the best means of service delivery, staffing needs and how to coordinate PGAP in a larger veteran service system. MDRC will also gather information on the target population, recruitment methods, the feasibility of scaling and replication, and employment outcomes among the sample. Two hundred veterans will be enrolled and randomly assigned into the study across two sites: Errera Community Care Center within (part of the VA Connecticut Health Care System) and the Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Self-reporting a disability.
  • Unemployed or under-employed.
  • Likely to benefit from PGAP (i.e. unengaged in social and community activities, difficulty attaining work due to motivational factors).

Exclusion criteria

  • Does not consent to be in the study.
  • Significant barriers: serious substance abuse, significant psychotic disorders and cognitive disabilities that would preclude them from active participation in PGAP.

Treatment and study plan

Progressive Goal Attainment Program

Behavioral

The Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) is a behavioral intervention originally developed in Canada at McGill University in order to increase return to work and community integration for individuals who receive worker's compensation. PGAP is the first disability program that is specifically designed to target the psycho-social risk factors of disability. The premise behind PGAP is that inactivity and attitudinal barriers increase work disability, and these issues are a primary cause of unemployment for individuals with physical and mental disabilities. PGAP is a structured, 10-week intervention that focuses upon helping clients develop a planned activity schedule to assist them in resuming desirable life activities.

Other names: PGAP

Primary outcomes

  1. Employment

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Quality of Life

    Time frame: 6 months

    Lehman Quality of Life Interview: Participants to rate their level of satisfaction with several domains of their lives (e.g. daily activities, social relations etc.) and their feelings about their lives as a whole on a 1-7 ("delighted" to "terrible") scale.

  2. Citizenship

    Time frame: 6 months

    Citizenship Measure: 42-item scale that asks about the person's involvement in community and social activities and their ability to act and make choices on their own behalf on a 1-5 ("not at all/never" to "a lot/very often") scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

MDRC

Other

Collaborators

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
  • The Boeing Company
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
  • VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Registry information

Official study title

The Progressive Goal Attainment Program for Veterans Project

Acronym: PGAP for Vets

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Mar 29, 2012
Registry last updated
Jun 11, 2020

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