Health Coaching and Veteran Reintegration

NCT07725536 | Not Yet Recruiting Phase 2

• 1 other identifier: RRD4-007-25W
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 398
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will investigate the benefits and drawbacks to two different approaches to supporting Veterans while reintegrating into civilian life.

Conditions

Reintegration Into Civilian Life

Keywords

Wellbeing; Suicide

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Well-being inventory

  Functioning in adult life roles

  Month 4

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Purpose in life scale

  Month 4

• Self-concept clarity scale

  Month 4

• Life engagement test

  Month 4

Study Arms (2)

Health Coaching

EXPERIMENTAL

Up to 10 sessions of health coaching

Behavioral: Health Coaching

Enhanced treatment as usual

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Usual reintegration services plus receipt of the VA Welcome Kit

Other: Enhanced treatment as usual

Interventions

Health Coaching BEHAVIORAL

Up to 10 sessions of health coaching

Also known as: Wellness Coaching

Health Coaching

Enhanced treatment as usual OTHER

Usual reintegration services plus receipt of the VA Welcome Kit

Enhanced treatment as usual

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All previously active-duty U.S. military service members and National Guard/Reservists separating from service to civilian life status within the prior three months will be potentially eligible

You may not qualify if:

• Veterans who are:
• institutionalized (e.g., prison, nursing home; self-report)
• unable to read or understand English (self-report)
• cognitively impaired (≥10 on Short Blessed Test)
• experiencing psychosis (endorsing thought interference or hallucinations of the Psychosis Screening Questionnaire)
• experiencing severe substance use (≥27 on Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test \[ASSIST\], indicating need for more intensive treatment)
• determined to be at acute risk for suicide (endorsement of suicidal ideation on the 9th item of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 \[PHQ-9\] and categorized as "higher risk" on the P4 Screener)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• VA Office of Research and Development: lead
• VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System: collaborator
• Canandaigua VA Medical Center: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon, 97207-2964, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicide

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Lauren M. Denneson, PhD

  VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sarah S Ono, PhD MA

CONTACT

(503) 220-8262; Sarah.Ono@va.gov

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2026
• First Posted: July 24, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): July 1, 2027
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 2, 2030
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2030
• Last Updated: July 24, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Access Criteria: Data will become available one year after study completion.

Locations

US (1)