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Studies
Toward Gender Aware VA Healthcare: Development and Evaluation of an Intervention

NCT00156663

Sponsor

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Apr 7, 2015Estimated

Enrollment

250Estimated

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Women's Health

Interventions

Caring for Women Veterans

Countries

United States

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Feb 2007

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

May 2004

Primary Completion Date

Not provided

Completion Date

Sep 2005Actual

First Submitted Date

Aug 25, 2005

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Sep 7, 2005

First Posted Date

Sep 12, 2005Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Apr 6, 2015

Last Update Posted Date

Apr 7, 2015Estimated

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an educational program intended to raise staff awareness about women veterans and their health care needs and preferences.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

The primary objective of this project was to develop and evaluate a computerized program that would enhance Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employees� awareness of women veterans and their health-care needs. The program was designed to challenge negative stereotypes about female patients (gender-role ideology), increase empathy toward female patients� needs (gender sensitivity), and enhance knowledge regarding women veterans and aspects of their VHA care (knowledge).

DESIGN/METHODS:

Phases I involved generating content for the computerized interactive program. Phase II involved creating the 30-minute program. The Phase III evaluation of the program involved a two-group pretest�posttest�follow-up equivalent control group design at two facilities with a third facility comparison group. At the first two facilities, employees who provide either direct or ancillary care to patients were randomly assigned to either the treatment or the control group. Participants in the treatment group completed the program entitled Caring for Women Veterans. Participants in the control group and those at the third site completed a 30-minute program entitled Managing Stress. The data from the third site were included to test for infusion of the treatment effect within same-site groups. Gender awareness was evaluated at three time points using the Gender Awareness Inventory-VA (GAI-VA). Participants completed the GAI-VA several weeks prior to completing the computerized program (Time 1, n =339), immediately after completing the program (Time 2, n = 249), and approximately one month after the program (Time 3, n = 167). Participants also completed a qualitative evaluation of the program at Time 2.

STATUS:

Complete.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

250Estimated

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Arm 1	Other		Behavioral: Caring for Women Veterans

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Caring for Women Veterans	Behavioral		Arm 1

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Gender Awareness is measured during the pre-test, immediately after the educational program, and approximately four weeks after the subject participates in the educational program.

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Participants rate their enjoyment of the educational program and offer recommendations for the program as needed.

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants must be VHA employees who have direct or indirect contact with patients.

Exclusion Criteria:

Employees who have no contact with patients.

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Dawne S Vogt, PhD BA	VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA	Principal Investigator
Lynda A. King, PhD	VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA		Bedford	Massachusetts	01730	United States

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
18519436	Result	Vogt DS, Barry AA, King LA. Toward gender-aware health care: evaluation of an intervention to enhance care for female patients in the VA setting. J Health Psychol. 2008 Jul;13(5):624-38. doi: 10.1177/1359105308090934.