N/A
N=37
Race-Based Stress Trauma and Empowerment
Life Stress · Racism
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05422638 ↗Enrolled (actual)
37
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Enrollment Rate — 8.87 percentage of individuals approached
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- RBSTE (Behavioral); PCT (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Sep 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Enrollment Rate |
8.87 | — |
| PRIMARY Initiation Rate |
73.7; 100 | — |
| PRIMARY Per Protocol Completion |
64.7; 94.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Intent-to-treat Completion |
57.9; 88.9 | — |
| PRIMARY Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) |
18.43; 14.75 | — |
| PRIMARY Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) |
17.57; 14.25 | — |
| PRIMARY Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) |
17.43; 14.88 | — |
| SECONDARY Brief Personal Health Inventory (B-PHI): Physical Health |
0.1; 0.27 | — |
| SECONDARY Brief Personal Health Inventory (B-PHI): Mental Health |
0.97; 0.61 | — |
| SECONDARY Brief Personal Health Inventory (B-PHI): Daily Living |
1.07; 0.43 | — |
Summary
The existence of racially/ethnically based health disparities is well established, both within the civilian community and among Service Members and Veterans. Experiences of discrimination are acute and chronic stressors that substantially contribute to greater emotional distress, poorer health behavior, lower healthcare utilization and increased allostatic load, all of which undermine well-being, functioning and Whole Health. An innovative clinical program, the Race-Based Stress/Trauma and Empowerment (RBSTE) group, was developed to help Veterans of Color to build coping resources and empowerment. Although qualitative data suggest the promise of this intervention, systematic evaluation is lacking. The proposed feasibility project will lay the groundwork for a future randomized controlled trial to evaluate RBSTE as compared to a control group in terms of Whole Health, functioning and mental/physical wellness. The project thus begins a program of research to address the health implications of systemic racism.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- self-identified as a BIPOC
- Veteran
- able to consent to study activities
- endorsing one or more perceived discrimination experiences on the Everyday Discrimination Form (short version) or the Major Experiences of Discrimination Scale (abbreviated version) "a few times a year" or more frequently and endorsing stress on a validated single-item measure
Exclusion Criteria
- serious mental illness, alcohol/substance use disorders, or cognitive impairment that may interfere with the ability to benefit from group
- (e.g., severe depression, psychotic illness, mania, dementia, untreated alcohol/substance dependence)
- serious suicidality or homicidality (e.g., ideation with plan/intent) that is likely to require urgent/emergent intervention within the study period
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05422638). 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.