Four Pillars of Defense: A Whole Health Approach to the Military

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Health Behavior

• Registration Number: NCT06205186
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Brief Summary

The overall objectives of this study are to better define the construct of psychological resilience in the military, to identify potential modifiable risk factors and trainable skills of psychological resilience in Soldiers, and provide a scalable, integrated physical and mental optimization training app to be integrated into relevant systems. The proposed work would be a first step in identifying predictive risk factors that can be modified to increase the future resilience of Soldiers. With this crucial information, the investigators aim to gather data that will inform the development of a resilience-focused intervention (e.g., a skills training program) and test the feasibility of that intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-12-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-03
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-12
• Study Start: 2024-03-08
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2027-01-15
• Study Completion: 2027-01-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 21+ and either a Soldier in the NG or NG family member

Exclusion Criteria

• Under age 21 and not an NG Soldier or family member

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Drug Abuse	12 months	Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)
Emotion Regulation	1 month	Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Social Support	1 month	Social Support Survey (SSS)
Sleep	1 month	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Responses to Stressful Experiences	1 month	Responses to Stressful Experiences Scale (RSES)
Anxiety	2 weeks	Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD7)
Experiential Avoidance	1 month	Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ-30)
Intolerance of Uncertainty	1 month	Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12)
Positive and Negative Social Exchanges	1 month	Positive and Negative Social Exchanges (PANSE)
Stress	1 month	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Coping	1 month	Brief COPE
Resilience	1 month	Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	1 month	PTSD Checklist (PCL-5)
Unit Cohesion	1 month	Questionnaire
Depression	2 weeks	Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Topics Ranking	1 month	Questionnaire
Technology Use	1 month	Questionnaire
Program Satisfaction	6 Months	Questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center; 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States