Reintegration: The Role of Spouse Telephone BATTLEMIND Pilot Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Support Groups; Stress Disorders; Combat Disorders; Military Spouses
• Interventions: Behavioral: Telephone support groups

• Registration Number: NCT00870545
• Lead Sponsor: Memphis VA Medical Center

Brief Summary

This study will expand the Department of Defense (DoD) one time, face-to-face post deployment BATTLEMIND training for spouses of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Guard/Reserve service members into year-long, telephone groups focusing on education, skills building and support. The goal is to build spouses' resilience to cope with reintegration, help them serve as a support system for returning service members, and ease the transition for families post-deployment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2009-03-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-03-25
• Study First Posted: 2009-03-27
• Study Start: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-07
• Study Completion: 2011-11
• Results First Submitted: 2013-04-04
• Results First Submitted QC: 2013-06-03
• Results First Posted: 2013-06-04
• Status Verified: 2017-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2017-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

Inclusion Criteria

1. have a spouse who participated in OEF/OIF and is at least 1 month post-deployment;
2. if not married, must have lived as married for at least one year;
3. live with the service member when not deployed;
4. have been a spouse/significant other throughout the service member's deployment period;
5. and have a telephone.

Exclusion Criteria

1. current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other major mental illness;
2. auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult; or
3. service member refusal of assent for spouse to participate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Telephone support	Telephone support groups	12 telephone support group sessions based on the letters of the word BATTLEMIND

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spouse Self-report of Depression	Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months	Depression measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 at baseline, six and 12 months. Scores range from 0-27 with lower scores indicating less depressive symptoms.
Anxiety	baseline, 6 months and 12 months	Anxiety measured with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder -7 (GAD-7)measured at baseline, six and 12 months. Scores range from 0-21, with lower scores indicating fewer anxiety symptoms.
Quality of Marriage	Baseline, 6 and 12 months	Measure of marriage quality using Quality Marriage Index at baseline, six and 12 months. Scores range from 6-45 with higher scores indicating better quality of marriage.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Family Coping	Baseline, 6 months and 12 months	Family problem solving measured at baseline, six and 12 months with the F-COPES measure. Scores range from 29-145 with higher scores indicating better coping.
Spouse Social Support	baseline, 6 months, and 12 months	Support measured with the Social Support Index at baseline, six and 12 months. Scores range from 0-68 with higher scores indicating better social support.
Family Communication	baseline, 6 months, and 12 months	Family communication measured with the Family Problem Solving Communication scale at baseline, six and 12 months. Scores range from 0-30 with higher scores indicating better communication.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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