Reintegration: The Role of Spouse Telephone BATTLEMIND Pilot Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

86 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-11-30

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Military Spouses Support Groups Stress Disorders Combat Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Telephone support

12 telephone support group sessions based on the letters of the word BATTLEMIND

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telephone support groups

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

There was one intervention. Participants were enrolled in one of 14 telephone groups (each with a trained Group Leader and 6 participants) will focus on education, training in and practice of coping skills and cognitive restructuring (identifying and re-shaping negative and destructive thoughts), and support through 12 hour-long structured sessions. The content, modeled on Soldier BATTLEMIND, targets readjustment concepts based on the letters of BATTLEMIND, including Bonds, Adding and subtracting family roles, Taking control, Talking it out, Loyalty and commitment, Emotional balance, Mental health and readiness, Independence and interdependence, Navigating the system, Denial of self and a concluding session entitled Moving forward.

Interventions

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Telephone support groups

There was one intervention. Participants were enrolled in one of 14 telephone groups (each with a trained Group Leader and 6 participants) will focus on education, training in and practice of coping skills and cognitive restructuring (identifying and re-shaping negative and destructive thoughts), and support through 12 hour-long structured sessions. The content, modeled on Soldier BATTLEMIND, targets readjustment concepts based on the letters of BATTLEMIND, including Bonds, Adding and subtracting family roles, Taking control, Talking it out, Loyalty and commitment, Emotional balance, Mental health and readiness, Independence and interdependence, Navigating the system, Denial of self and a concluding session entitled Moving forward.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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.

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No