Care for Veterans Post-COVID-19

This study, called "Care for Veterans Post-COVID-19," is looking at ways to improve care for Veterans experiencing Long-COVID (Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome). It tests a special training for healthcare providers called "Concordant Care Training." This training helps providers validate your experiences, develop a shared understanding of Long-COVID with you, and create a personalized care plan. The study will compare this training to providing providers with an information packet about Long-COVID. Researchers want to see if the Concordant Care Training helps providers use these practices more often and if it improves your satisfaction with care, how well you stick to your care plan, and your disability levels. The study is currently recruiting 348 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with two parts. Part 2 is a randomized study where primary care clinicians will be assigned to either the Concordant Care training group or an education packet control group, and then Veterans will be recruited to participate with their assigned clinician.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study measures changes in care practices and illness perceptions at baseline and 3-months, suggesting a follow-up period of at least 3 months.

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NCT05787379

Care for Veterans Post-COVID-19

Recruiting
NAAll AgesInterventionalHealth services
VA Office of Research and Development
~348 participants
Updated 2025-12-24 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Concordant Care TrainingEducation Packet Training

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Concordant Care Practice Change
Measured over Baseline and 3-months
+1 more outcome measured
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

NCT05787379

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ

    East Orange, New Jerseystudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Lisa Marie McAndrew, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Part 1 and Part 2, English-speaking VA primary care providers will be included.
Part 1, Veterans who self-identify as having Long-COVID will be included.
Part 2, Veterans who meet criteria for Long-COVID assessed with modified DePaul Symptom Questionnaire version 2 will be included;
Part 2, Veterans must also have a scheduled appointment with one of the participating clinicians within one to six months of the clinician being consented.

Exclusion

Part 1 and Part 2, clinicians who have already taken Concordant Care training will be excluded.
Part 1, Veterans will be excluded if they are not receiving care in the VA.
Part 2, Veterans will be excluded if they were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for COVID-19.
  • Concordant Care Practice ChangeBaseline and 3-months

    Concordant Care practices will be measured with the 11-item measure that asks the patient if the clinician talked with them about multiple dimensions of their understanding of the health condition (i.e., cause, consequence, treatment). Participants answer yes or no to each question. Scores range from 0 to 11 with a higher score = more Concordant Care practices.

  • Concordance of Illness Perceptions Questionnaire ChangeBaseline and 3-months

    Shared Understanding will be captured with the concordance of illness perceptions questionnaire, a 6-item validated measure of shared understanding of the 5 components of illness perception between patients and clinicians. Veterans respond on a 5-point Likert scale. Scores range from 6 to 30 with higher scores = greater concordant understanding.