Clinical trial · Interventional
Using Community Health Workers to Support Rural Care Partners of Seriously Ill Older Veterans
NCT06963970CI-TRIAL-00114993PATHnot yet recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 10, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260910-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The investigators aim to support care partner's well-being and satisfaction with VA care and decrease their work burden by offering extra support from a trained Community Health Worker who will help connect the care partner to helpful resources in their communities and in the VA. The investigators also hope to help Veterans well-being and satisfaction with VA care by supporting their care partner more sufficiently allowing the care partner to focus on caregiving tasks.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Dementia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Renal Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote Community Health Worker support | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Community Health Worker support
- description
- Additional weekly remote support of care partner using a trained/certified community health worker
- interventionNames
- Other: Remote Community Health Worker support
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Regular support
- description
- Regular care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Zarit-12 Cargiver Burden Interview
- timeFrame
- baseline and 6 months
- description
- Care partners randomized to intervention will have lower mean Zarit-12 scores at 6 months compared to the control group. Each question is scored on a five-point Likert scale from 0 to 4, with higher scores representing a greater feeling of burden. The total ZBI-12 score is the summation of 12 items, with a total score range from 0 to 484. Higher indicates more burden. A cut-off score of 13 points on the ZBI-12 is suggested for screening burden in community-dwelling older caregivers, but should not be assumed as normative data. 5 categories: health, psychological well-being, finances, social life, relationship with impaired person. 12 item, α=0.88-0.91
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Care Partner Inclusion Criteria * A relative, friend, or partner (18 years of age) with whom Veteran patient has a personal relationship who assists Veteran regularly with care and/or care coordination as defined under "Veterans" below * Residing in a rural area based on RUCC or Rural-Urban Continuum Codes 83 * Must be enrolled in Caregiver Support Program (CSP) Program of General Caregiver Support Services * Can live with or separately from the Veteran; able to communicate in English by phone Veteran Inclusion Criteria * Receiving care at Durham, Asheville, and Richmond VA Health Systems (e.g., at least 2 outpatient visits in past year; has a primary provider) and residing in a rural area. * Diagnosed with congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, dementia, or end-stage renal disease. * Requires assistance with at least one Activities of daily living (ADLs) (i.e., walking, feeding, toileting, transferring, bathing, or dressing) or Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) (i.e., transport, medication, financial management, shopping, or meal preparation) * 50 years old or older and able to communicate in English by phone (for assessments) Exclusion Criteria: Veteran Exclusion Criteria * Flag or social work note indicating suspected Caregiver abuse * Unable to communicate in English by phone for assessments
References
Publications (0)
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No reference posted for this study.