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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spouses; Military Personnel; Coping Skills
• Interventions: Behavioral: Telephone Discussion Groups; Behavioral: Education sessions

• Registration Number: NCT01121250
• Lead Sponsor: Memphis VA Medical Center

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10
• Study First Submitted: 2010-05-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-05-11
• Study First Posted: 2010-05-12
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2015-02
• Results First Submitted: 2017-06-01
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Results First Submitted QC: 2017-10-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-20
• Results First Posted: 2018-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 228

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Telephone Discussion Groups	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	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Memphis VA Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Memphis, Tennessee, United States