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.
Injured service members who have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 18 years who have sustained a combat injury severe enough to require at least two weeks of inpatient hospitalization and who are within 6 months of discharge from inpatient hospitalization and currently receiving outpatient care will be recruited into this study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
23
Families randomized to this arm will receive the standard of care. They will be compared to the families in the FOCUS-CI arm of the study.
Families randomized to this arm of the study will be part of a family skill-building/resiliency training program designed to provide information and skills training
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
parent and child distress (including mental health service usage, symptoms of PTSD and Depression)
Time frame: every 12 months
Participant Satisfaction with Intervention
Time frame: every 12 months
Clinician Satisfaction with Intervention
Time frame: months 12 and 24 at followup
Parent Functioning (including substance use, parental efficacy, parental satisfaction, parenting behavior, social support and posttraumatic growth)
Time frame: at 12 and 24 month followups
Child Functioning (School Functioning, and Coping) Family Functioning (Communication, Problem Solving, Roles, and Relationships)
Time frame: at 12 and 24 month followup
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