Health Coaching and Veteran Reintegration

Health Coaching to Improve Functioning and Reduce Suicide Risk Among Reintegrating Veterans

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07725536

Enrollment

398

Registered

2026-07-24

Start date

2027-07-01

Completion date

2030-12-31

Last updated

2026-07-24

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Conditions

Reintegration Into Civilian Life

Keywords

Wellbeing, Suicide

Brief summary

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALHealth Coaching

Up to 10 sessions of health coaching

OTHEREnhanced treatment as usual

Usual reintegration services plus receipt of the VA Welcome Kit

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 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

Exclusion criteria

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)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Well-being inventory	Month 4	Functioning in adult life roles

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Purpose in life scale	Month 4	Purpose in life
Self-concept clarity scale	Month 4	Self-concept clarity
Life engagement test	Month 4	Life purpose and engagement

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTSarah S Ono, PhD MA

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

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORLauren M. Denneson, PhD

VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 25, 2026