Clinical trial NCT03085953: Study for the Employment Retention of Veterans
Official title: Study for the Employment Retention of Veterans
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Well-Being
Health Behavior
Workplace Outcomes
Keywords: Psychological health
Well-being
Employee
Lead sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Portland State University
name: United States Department of Defense
First posted: 2017-03-21
Enrollment: 511
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The Study for Employment Retention of Veterans (SERVe) is a randomized controlled trial, available exclusively to Oregon employers of veterans. It is designed to develop and scientifically evaluate Veteran-supportive supervisor training (VSST) that may enhance retention of veterans, with the goal of improving workplace culture and general well-being to our service members. The intervention, applied to workplace supervisors, will be measured by experience of veterans, assessing workplace experiences, health, well-being, as well as employees' spouse/partners' family experiences, health and well-being, and workplace outcomes.

Detailed description: The overall goal of the Study for Employment Retention of Veterans (SERVe) study is to improve health and well-being of current and former service members employed in participating Oregon organizations. The SERVe Study seeks to do this by training supervisors to support veteran employees by focusing on a reduction in work-life stress while increasing supportive supervisor behavior.

The SERVe Study proposes that supervisor supportiveness can influence workplace experience, health, and well-being of service members, as well as of their families.

The investigators of the SERVe Study expect positive results for study participants, including reduced stress and increased social support, reduction in negative workplace experiences, and improvement in family well-being outcomes. Longer term, these effects are expected to create a more supportive work environment, which has positive effects on safety, health, well-being, family, and organizational outcomes.

Veteran participants are measured at baseline, three months, and nine months. Veteran spouses are invited to participate as well. Married and cohabitating veterans and their partners are invited to participate in the Daily Family Study (DFS), a 32-day daily diary survey after baseline and at six months.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must have served in the United States Armed Forces since September, 2001
* Must work at least 20 hours per week at a participating organization

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Veteran Supportive Supervisor Behavior as measured by Perry et al.'s (2017) scale
timeFrame: 3 month and 9 months after Baseline assessment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Work-Family Conflict as assessed by Matthews et al.'s (2010) Work-Family Conflict Scale
timeFrame: 3 and 9 months after baseline assessment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Health & Science University
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University
name: Leslie Hammer, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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