Providing Mental Health Services to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Veterans

The purpose of this study is to gather information from VISN 19 Denver VA mental health professionals regarding their perspectives of necessary resources to provide best practice mental health service to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/ Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Veterans. Specifically, this study aims to describe provider perspectives regarding the following: a) clinical needs of OIF/OEF Veterans; b) collaboration and referral processes; c) barriers to providing optimal treatment to this cohort d) provider needs and resources that may improve service delivery to this cohort; e) provider perspectives regarding psychiatric outcomes in this cohort; and f) professional satisfaction. Support for this study is provided by previous research evaluating Veteran's Administration (VA) needs to provide service to OIF/OEF Veterans (Sayer, et al. 2009; Friedmann-Sanchez, et al. 2008).

The above information will be obtained using semi-structured interview. Hypotheses are not provided as this is an exploratory qualitative study.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Services

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Denver VA

Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States

About this study

No hypotheses are associated with this study as this is a qualitative study wherein subjects will participate in a semi-structured interview developed specifically for this study, which serves as the outcome measure. Up to 30 providers will be interviewed.

Data Analysis Interviews will be transcribed in their entirety and de-identified. Dr. Signoracci and 4 additional MRIECC researchers will independently code each interview for themes. Finally, group meetings with Dr. Signoracci and MIRECC researchers will be held in order to achieve larger consensus regarding such unique and universal themes (Rubin & Rubin, 1995).

Any reporting of information regarding: a) length of time employed at Denver VA; b) length of time employed within VA system; c) provider professional title; d) provider degree; f) professional licenses held; g) clinic/service in which provide services will be done in the aggregate, across clinics. No individual data will be reported with respect to these items. Also, any selected quotes that are reported will remain de-identified.

Power analyses will not be conducted because no hypothesis quantitative testing is being done, and therefore there are no parameters to estimate. With qualitative designs one conducts interviews until reaching the saturation point. In other words, subsequent interviews do not yield any new information (Rubin & Rubin, 1995). Previous experience (Brenner et al., 2008) suggests that 25 completed interviews should provide a wide enough range of responses for important themes to emerge.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Denver VA Mental Health Providers that provide mental health treatment to OIF/OEF Veterans
Age 18-70

Exclusion criteria

Denver VA providers that do not provide mental health to OIF/OEF Veterans

Treatment and study plan

No intervention

Other

No Intervention

Primary outcomes

Semi-Structured Interview

Time frame: Interview conducted one time per participant (completion time: approximately 1 hour)

Semi-structured interview regarding provider experiences of providing mental health treatment to OIF/OEF Veterans. The interview takes approximately 1 hour to complete and is conducted one time with each participant.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

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Registry information

Official study title

Providing Mental Health Services to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Veterans: Provider Perspectives

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2012
Study completion: 2014
First posted: Nov 22, 2011
Registry last updated: Jun 9, 2015

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