Spouse READI (Resilience Education And Deployment Information) Post Deployment Telephone Support Groups

Coping Skills Clinical Trial

— Spouse READI  

Official title:

Spouse READI (Resilience Education And Deployment Information) Post Deployment Telephone Support Groups

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01121250
• Other study ID #: W81XWH-09-1-0242
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: February 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: Memphis VA Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This 12-month study is for spouses or significant others of service members who have returned from Afghanistan or Iraq. This study will determine if participating in a telephone discussion group, offering education, skills building, and support, will help increase post-deployment adjustment. There will be 225 spouses recruited for this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 228
• Est. completion date: February 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. have a spouse who participated in a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan and is at least 1 month post-deployment

2. if not married, must have lived as married for at least one year

3. must be committed to the relationship

4. have a telephone.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. known deployment of spouse in the next six months

2. auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Coping Skills
• Military Personnel
• Spouses

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Telephone Discussion Groups
Each telephone discussion group will meet 12 times during six months. The one-hour calls will be semi-structured conference calls with education, training in coping skills and cognitive restructuring, and support. A Participant Workbook will include comprehensive materials for all sessions and topics, other resources, and red flag resources - areas that may exacerbate problems, add a level of difficulty or distress, and/or indicate a need for referrals (e.g., unsafe behaviors, substance abuse, spouse abuse, PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury).
• Education sessions
Participants will have 12 sessions (delivered using slides and telephone) that cover the same education content, without skills building or support, over six months. They will also receive the Participant Workbook.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Memphis VA Medical Center	Memphis	Tennessee

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Memphis VA Medical Center	U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Nichols L.O., Martindale-Adams, J., Zuber, J., & Graney, M. Service Member Need and Supportive Services Use of Military/Veteran Spouses. Military Behavioral Health, Published online: 09 Feb 2015, DOI:10.1080/21635781.2014.995251

Nichols, L.O., Martindale-Adams, J., Zuber, J., Graney, M., Burns, R., & Clark, C. Support for Spouses of Post Deployment Service Members. Military Behavioral Health, Published online: 30 Jan 2015. DOI:10.1080/21635781.2015.1009210

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Spouse Self-report of Anxiety	Anxiety symptoms from the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale, measured from 0-21, higher scores indicate greater anxiety	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
Primary	Spouse Self-report of Depression	Depression symptoms as measured on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), measured from 0-27, with higher numbers indicating more depression	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
Primary	Spouse Self-report of Resilience	Resilience as measured on the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, measured from 0-100; higher scores show greater resilience	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months

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