Psychological Health in Military Personnel

Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Well-being

Treatments: Behavioral: Direction Check App; Behavioral: Direction Check App (Time Management Version)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04144400

1432388-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to compare the efficacy of a simple, non-spiritual, self-management strategy that can strengthen personal and occupational resources-resources that can positively impact adverse reactions to military-specific demands and promote personal and work outcomes. Our app-based intervention, designed to strengthen a balanced self-identity through affirmation of growth and balance values, will be adapted to military occupational contexts, utilizing an existing self-management strategy (QE) to a military occupational context to maximize it effectiveness in strengthening participants' balanced sense of self, which we expect to have positive benefit on personal and work outcomes in military service members.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All participants in the study will include males and females between the ages of 17-70 years. Participants of all racial and ethnic backgrounds will be eligible to participate. Participants of all religious and spiritual orientations will be eligible to participate. Participants must be active-duty military personnel.

Exclusion criteria

• None.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

BRAVE Group

Experimental group

Description:

The BRAVE program aims to examine the effectiveness of an intervention strategy designed to increase personal and work outcomes through the strengthening of quiet ego characteristics. The BRAVE intervention (delivered over four weeks) will ask study participants to use the app each week, with specific instructions on selecting one section each week and first listening to the longer version and reflect. At least two other times during the week they will be asked to listen to a recording of their choice on the same topic. On the final week (week 5) all participants (experimental and control) will return to the lab to complete post-study assessment tools (SART, post-study on-line questionnaire, provide a urine sample, and weight measurement).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Direction Check App

Time Management Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The time management program aims to examine the effectiveness of an intervention strategy designed to increase personal and work outcomes through the strengthening of time management characteristics. The time management intervention (delivered over four weeks) will ask study participants to use the time management version of the app each week, with specific instructions on selecting one section each week and first listening to the longer version and reflect. At least two other times during the week they will be asked to listen to a recording of their choice on the same topic. On the final week (week 5) all participants (experimental and control) will return to the lab to complete post-study assessment tools (SART, post-study on-line questionnaire, provide a urine sample, and weight measurement).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Direction Check App (Time Management Version)