Spouse READI (Resilience Education And Deployment Information) Post Deployment Telephone Support Groups

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

228 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-10-31

Study Completion Date

2015-02-28

Brief Summary

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This 12-month study is for spouses or significant others of service members who have returned from Afghanistan or Iraq. This study will determine if participating in a telephone discussion group, offering education, skills building, and support, will help increase post-deployment adjustment. There will be 225 spouses recruited for this study.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Spouses Military Personnel Coping Skills

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Telephone Discussion Groups

Each telephone discussion group will meet 12 times during six months. The one-hour calls will be semi-structured conference calls with education, training in coping skills and cognitive restructuring, and support. A Participant Workbook will include comprehensive materials for all sessions and topics, other resources, and red flag resources - areas that may exacerbate problems, add a level of difficulty or distress, and/or indicate a need for referrals (e.g., unsafe behaviors, substance abuse, spouse abuse, PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telephone Discussion Groups

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each telephone discussion group will meet 12 times during six months. The one-hour calls will be semi-structured conference calls with education, training in coping skills and cognitive restructuring, and support. A Participant Workbook will include comprehensive materials for all sessions and topics, other resources, and red flag resources - areas that may exacerbate problems, add a level of difficulty or distress, and/or indicate a need for referrals (e.g., unsafe behaviors, substance abuse, spouse abuse, PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury).

Education sessions

Participants will have 12 sessions (delivered using slides and telephone) that cover the same education content, without skills building or support, over six months. They will also receive the Participant Workbook.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Education sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will have 12 sessions (delivered using slides and telephone) that cover the same education content, without skills building or support, over six months. They will also receive the Participant Workbook.

Usual Care

Participants do not receive any services.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Telephone Discussion Groups

Each telephone discussion group will meet 12 times during six months. The one-hour calls will be semi-structured conference calls with education, training in coping skills and cognitive restructuring, and support. A Participant Workbook will include comprehensive materials for all sessions and topics, other resources, and red flag resources - areas that may exacerbate problems, add a level of difficulty or distress, and/or indicate a need for referrals (e.g., unsafe behaviors, substance abuse, spouse abuse, PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education sessions

Participants will have 12 sessions (delivered using slides and telephone) that cover the same education content, without skills building or support, over six months. They will also receive the Participant Workbook.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. have a spouse who participated in a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan and is at least 1 month post-deployment
2. if not married, must have lived as married for at least one year
3. must be committed to the relationship
4. have a telephone.