The Military Spouse Resiliency Group (MSRG) Peer Support Program: Equipping Families For Resiliency With Tools

NCT05726539 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00003159
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will adapt and test an established peer support program for military spouses that offers them significant weekly group-based support on an array of topics that affect their lives. The curriculum will be able to be used in-person through group meetings or virtually by using a web-based meeting platform. The near-term impact of this study is that scientific knowledge will be developed about how well a curriculum-based, weekly, in-person support group for military spouses is effective in improving spouses' quality of life, mental health, social support and knowledge of health conditions impacting service members. This study will assess whether offering military spouses support for coping with their mental health and social support needs to achieve a greater quality of life, a greater sense of social support and knowledge about and access to resources to address a range of issues they may be facing throughout their spouses' military careers. By educating them about the health conditions their service members may experience and how to support their recovery and access to treatment, service members will also benefit by having more familial support for seeking treatment. Educating family members about the injuries that SMs face will help to maintain stronger family relationships and reduce family relationship stress.

Conditions

Military Family

Keywords

military spouse; peer support; quality of life; social support

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Short Form) (Q-LES-Q-SF)

  The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire measures satisfaction and enjoyment in different areas of daily functioning.

  Change in Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Short Form) (Q-LES-Q-SF) from baseline, 2-weeks, 3 months

• Patient Health Questionnaire-9

  The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 measures symptoms of depression.

  Change in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 from baseline, 2-weeks, and 3-months

• Military Spouse Self-Care Inventory (MSSCI)

  The Military Spouse Self-Care Inventory assesses five domains of self-care that military spouses regularly practice.

  Change in Military Spouse Self-Care Inventory from baseline, 2-weeks, and 3-months

• Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 (ISEL-12)

  The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 is used to measure perceived social support. It has been widely used (Donoho et al., 2017) as a short-form measure of the traditional ISEL, which measures perceived social support (Cohen et al., 1985).

  Change in Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 from baseline, 2-weeks, and 3-months

• Psychological Health Knowledge Assessment

  Investigator-developed assessment of common psychological health concerns and available treatments commonly affecting service members

  Change in Psychological Health Knowledge Assessment from baseline, 2-weeks, and 3-months

• General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)

  General Anxiety Disorder-7 is a valid and reliable instrument to measure generalized anxiety (Spitzer et al., 2006). Minimum is 0 and maximum is 21 and higher scores indicate more severe anxiety.

  Change in General Anxiety Disorder-7 from baseline, 2-weeks, and 3-months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

participants receive group-based peer support

Behavioral: Group-based peer support

Waitlist

NO INTERVENTION

participants wait to receive peer support until pre and post assessments are complete with their matched intervention group

Interventions

Group-based peer support BEHAVIORAL

Receipt of semi-structured curriculum based group peer support that addresses common concerns of military spouses

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be married to or in a committed relationship with a service member stationed at Fort Hood;
• Participants must have a reasonable expectation of remaining at Fort Hood for at least 4 months.
• Participants must be willing to attend up to 10 sessions of a military spouse peer support group in person at Fort Hood.

You may not qualify if:

• Spouses who are separated or divorced from a service member are not eligible to participate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Texas at Austin: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas, 78701, United States

Location

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Study Officials

• Elisa Borah, PhD

  University of Texas at Austin

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Elisa V Borah, PhD

CONTACT

5126398989; elisa.borah@austin.utexas.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2023
• First Posted: February 14, 2023
• Study Start: February 5, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 5, 2025
• Study Completion: December 15, 2025
• Last Updated: December 1, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)