UCLA FOCUS Family Resiliency Training Research Study

• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT01626313
• Collaborator: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (U.S. Fed)
• Enrollment: 24
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 23
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The study will examine the effectiveness of an eight session, manualized individual family resiliency training (IFRT) for families with one OEF/OIF/OND veteran in promoting better family communication relating to return to post military life.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Veteran Families; Family Communications; Civilian Life Reintegration	Behavioral: FOCUS Individualized Family Resiliency Training	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 24 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Official Title: UCLA FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) Family Resiliency Training Research Study
• Study Start Date: Dec 1, 2011
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Nov 1, 2013
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Nov 1, 2013

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: Immediate intervention Subjects are randomized to receive immediate intervention of the 8 session FOCUS IFRT	Behavioral: FOCUS Individualized Family Resiliency Training; Eight session psycho educational training for families to enhance communication and reduce stressors related to return to post-military life.
Active Comparator: Waitlisted Subjects are randomized to be waitlisted for 4 months, re-assessed and then receive intervention of the 8 session FOCUS IFRT	Behavioral: FOCUS Individualized Family Resiliency Training; Eight session psycho educational training for families to enhance communication and reduce stressors related to return to post-military life.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Improvement on standardized behavioral health assessment scales [4-6 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 5 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• OEF/OIF/OND Veteran adult family member

• cohabiting with significant other for 6 months or more

• at least one child age 5 to 17 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• active case with Child Protective Services

• conditions or substance use that limits ability to fully participate in the research program

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	UCLA Semel Institute	Los Angles	California	United States	90095

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of California, Los Angeles
• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Patricia E Lester, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Shirley Glynn, Associate Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01626313
• Other Study ID Numbers: 11-003001
• First Posted: Jun 22, 2012
• Last Update Posted: Jun 22, 2012
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2012

• Keywords provided by Shirley Glynn, Associate Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles: Veteran families; OEF; OIF; OND; Resiliency; Psycho educational training; Stress; Military

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 22, 2012