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The \u201cTriangle of Healthy Caregiving for SCI Veterans\u201d is a patient-centered intervention that incorporates SCI veterans\u2019 caregivers into the VA SCI health care team and extends into the homes of veterans with SCI by using real-time clinical video teleconferencing (CVT). CVT facilitates video-clinic visits, which can include different types of clinical evaluations, therapy (physical\/occupational), or psychosocial services. The \u201cTriangle of Healthy Caregiving for SCI Veterans\u201d builds on interactive, interdisciplinary health care relationships that exist between the veterans with SCI, their caregivers, and the VA SCI health care team. SCI veterans\u2019 propensity to multiple secondary complications makes a healthy partnership crucial for the success of keeping better health and functional outcomes as well as quality of life while living in their homes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n The goal of the proposed mixed methods project will assess SCI veterans\u2019, their caregivers\u2019, and the VA health care team\u2019s perspectives and experiences in the \u201cTriangle of Healthy Caregiving for SCI Veterans\u201d to determine the benefits, challenges, and outcomes for everyone involved in the intervention.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Data collection methods will be implemented over three sequential phases. First, in-depth interviews will be conducted with the telehealth coordinators to systematically document the administrative procedures involved in enrollment of veterans with SCI into the CVT system. Next, structured observation of the CVT enrollment process and logistics of home installation of the CVT system will be conducted to validate the content of the in-depth interviews and highlight any discrepancies observed. Semistructured interviews will be conducted to assess specific elements of the \u201cTriangle of Healthy Caregiving for SCI Veterans\u201d program, their perceived utility, and effectiveness of the CVT system as well as the general impressions of the impact of the intervention on the SCI veterans\u2019 health and function outcomes, caregiver burden, and daily caregiver burden. Finally, the research team will conduct a focus group to evaluate the ways in which the \u201cTriangle of Healthy Caregiving for SCI Veterans\u201d is useful for health care delivery to veterans with SCI and support services to SCI caregivers.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n This proposal was funded in July 2017. It was reviewed and received institutional review board approval in March 2018, and the project was started immediately after, in the same month. As of September 2019, we have completed Phases I and III and have recruited 52 subjects for Phase II. We are beginning the data analysis. 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