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

Study Overview
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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.

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

Conditions
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Spouses, Military Personnel, Coping Skills

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Telephone Discussion Groups
* Behavioral: Education sessions


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: have a spouse who participated in a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan and is at least 1 month post-deployment if not married, must have lived as married for at least one year must be committed to the relationship have a telephone. Exclusion Criteria: known deployment of spouse in the next six months auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult.
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Telephone Discussion Groups<br>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). | Behavioral: Telephone Discussion Groups<br>* 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).<br>|
| Active Comparator: Education sessions<br>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. | Behavioral: Education sessions<br>* 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.<br>|
| No Intervention: Usual Care<br>Participants do not receive any services. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spouse Self-report of Anxiety | Anxiety symptoms from the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale, measured from 0-21, higher scores indicate greater anxiety | Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months | 
| Spouse Self-report of Depression | Depression symptoms as measured on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), measured from 0-27, with higher numbers indicating more depression | Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months | 
| Spouse Self-report of Resilience | Resilience as measured on the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, measured from 0-100; higher scores show greater resilience | Baseline, 6 months, and 12 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Combat disorders, Spouses, Support, Military personnel