Reintegration: The Role of Spouse Telephone BATTLEMIND Pilot Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Military Spouses, Support Groups, Stress Disorders, Combat Disorders

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00870545

Run by

Memphis VA Medical Center

People needed

86

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• have a spouse who participated in OEF/OIF and is at least 1 month post-deployment;
• if not married, must have lived as married for at least one year;
• live with the service member when not deployed;
• have been a spouse/significant other throughout the service member's deployment period;
• and have a telephone.

You may not qualify if…

• current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other major mental illness;
• auditory impairment that would make telephone use difficult; or
• service member refusal of assent for spouse to participate.

Where it is running

• Memphis VA Medical Center — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.