FOCUS-CI: A Preventive Intervention With Children and Families of the Combat Injured

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress Disorders, Combat Disorders, Traumatic Stress Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this study is to implement a unique evidence-based intervention program to help military families deal with the critical issue of combat injury and its impact on current and future family health and functioning. The study is a randomized study. The study will compare the effects of the newly designed FOCUS-CI (Families OverComing Under Stress - Combat Injury) with the existing standard of care (SoC) at three military medical rehabilitation sites (Walter Reed Amry Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center and Madigan Army Medical Center) on key aspects of family health and functioning.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01062022

Run by

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

People needed

23

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2014-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-18

Who can join

Age: 5 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For a family to be eligible for the study, the injured service member must:
• have sustained a combat injury that was severe enough to require a minimum of two weeks inpatient hospitalization immediately after the injury;
• currently be participating in outpatient rehabilitation for the same combat injury;
• must be within 6 months of discharge from inpatient hospitalization at the start of the intervention;
• families must have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 18 and be fluent in English. English fluency will be determined by asking, "Is English spoken in your home?"
• pregnant women are eligible to participate.

You may not qualify if…

• families in which the service member did not sustain a qualifying injury or has been discharged from inpatient care for more than six months will not be eligible to participate
• families in which a member is actively psychotic
• families in which a service member's primary relationship is with a "significant other" who is not eligible for military medical care
• due to the limited ability of young children to comprehend the intervention activities, children under the age of 5 years will not be invited to participate in the intervention.
• no one will be excluded based on race, ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, medical status, or cognitive functioning.

Where it is running

• Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Brooke Army Medical Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States
• Madigan Army Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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