Combination outreach and wellness intervention for distressed rural veterans: results of a multimethod pilot study.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Community engagement
Qualitative
Rural
Veterans
Journal
Journal of behavioral medicine
ISSN: 1573-3521
Titre abrégé: J Behav Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7807105
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
30
05
2020
accepted:
30
08
2020
pubmed:
18
9
2020
medline:
1
9
2021
entrez:
17
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We partnered with veteran-serving nonprofits in order to identify distressed rural veterans and provide them with a mental health workshop in community-based settings. Community organizations helped recruit veterans and provided space for 1-day (5-h) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) group workshops conducted in rural locations. Qualitative interviews were conducted at 1- and 3-months post-intervention to assess acceptability. Quantitative measures were conducted at baseline, 1- and 3-months post-intervention to measure effectiveness. We successfully engaged community partners throughout every stage of the research and delivered workshops to thirty-one veterans in rural community-based locations. Veterans appreciated the structure, content, and environment of the workshops; most implemented ACT skills into their daily lives and some initiated new treatment following workshop participation. Quantitative measures showed improvements in functioning (Cohen's d ranging from .27 to .40), reintegration (Cohen's d = .45), meaning and purpose (Cohen's d = .40), and reductions in distress (Cohen's d ranging from .28 to .40) 3-months following workshop participation. Collaborating with rural veteran-serving nonprofit organizations holds promise for engaging hard-to-reach distressed veterans in mental health care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32940807
doi: 10.1007/s10865-020-00177-8
pii: 10.1007/s10865-020-00177-8
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
440-453Subventions
Organisme : VA
ID : Office of Rural Health Award #13367
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2020. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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