FOCUS-CI: A Preventive Intervention With Children and Families of the Combat Injured (FOCUS-CI)
Stress Disorders, Combat Disorders, Traumatic Stress Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Stress Disorders focused on measuring intervention, combat wounded, family, Focus-CI
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
For a family to be eligible for the study, the injured service member must:
- have sustained a combat injury that was severe enough to require a minimum of two weeks inpatient hospitalization immediately after the injury;
- currently be participating in outpatient rehabilitation for the same combat injury;
- must be within 6 months of discharge from inpatient hospitalization at the start of the intervention;
- families must have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 18 and be fluent in English. English fluency will be determined by asking, "Is English spoken in your home?"
- pregnant women are eligible to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
- families in which the service member did not sustain a qualifying injury or has been discharged from inpatient care for more than six months will not be eligible to participate
- families in which a member is actively psychotic
- families in which a service member's primary relationship is with a "significant other" who is not eligible for military medical care
- due to the limited ability of young children to comprehend the intervention activities, children under the age of 5 years will not be invited to participate in the intervention.
- no one will be excluded based on race, ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, medical status, or cognitive functioning.
Sites / Locations
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Madigan Army Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Control - Standard of Care
FOCUS-CI
Participation in the study will involve your child completing a questionnaire about (a) your family's background, descriptive information about people in your family, and previous major life events, (b) his/her current functioning, (c) his/her feelings before, during, and after the combat injury, and (d) his/her current social relationships and adjustment. Your child will be asked to complete the questionnaire during the baseline assessment, and at 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months after the original assessment.
Those participants in the FOCUS-CI intervention will be part of a family skill-building/resiliency training program designed to provide information and skills training in a variety of forms, including clinician-led sessions, handouts, on-line training modules, and individual family care management. Study participation will also involve completing a questionnaire about (a) your family's background, descriptive information about people in your family, and previous major life events, (b) his/her current functioning, (c) his/her feelings before, during, and after the combat injury, and (d) his/her current social relationships and adjustment. Questionnaires will be completed during the baseline assessment, and at 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months after the baseline assessment.