N/A
N=86
Reintegration: The Role of Spouse Telephone BATTLEMIND Pilot Study
Military Spouses · Support Groups · Stress Disorders · Combat Disorders
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00870545 ↗Enrolled (actual)
86
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2013
Primary outcome: Primary: Spouse Self-report of Depression — 8.9; 7.4; 6.9 units on a scale — p=.003
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Telephone support groups (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Memphis VA Medical Center
- Primary completion
- Jul 2011
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Spouse Self-report of Depression |
8.9; 7.4; 6.9 | .003 sig |
| PRIMARY Anxiety |
8.9; 6.7; 6.7 | <.001 sig |
| PRIMARY Quality of Marriage |
32.7; 31.6; 31.9 | .26 |
| SECONDARY Family Coping |
104.3; 104.7; 105.7 | .20 |
| SECONDARY Spouse Social Support |
44.0; 46.0; 45.5 | .04 sig |
| SECONDARY Family Communication |
19.9; 20.9; 20.9 | .10 |
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.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- have a spouse who participated in OEF/OIF and is at least 1 month post-deployment;
- if not married, must have lived as married for at least one year;
- live with the service member when not deployed;
- have been a spouse/significant other throughout the service member's deployment period;
- and have a telephone.
Exclusion Criteria
- current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other major mental illness;
- auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult; or
- service member refusal of assent for spouse to participate.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00870545). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.