Actively Recruiting
OurRelationship for Veteran Couples
Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2025-12-18
180
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
220 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Access to a flexible spectrum of family-based VA mental health care for Veterans is mandated by law. Research shows that relationship distress harms Veterans' mental health, physical health, and mortality, while healthy relationships provide resilience and facilitate recovery from illness. However, there are many barriers to accessing couple and family care within VA, including system-level barriers such as insufficient access to specialty providers and couple-level barriers such as difficulty coordinating schedules and finding childcare. OurRelationship is an evidence-based, coached online intervention for couples that provides flexible, accessible, and scalable treatment to improve relationship functioning. This proposed CDA-2 project will test whether OurRelationship is effective for improving Veterans' intimate relationships and supporting their rehabilitation. This study supports the mission of the 2018-2024 Strategic Plan of the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving Veterans' relationship functioning to enhance their overall quality of life.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
OurRelationship for Veteran Couples
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participants must be couples consisting of a Veteran referred from a VA mental health clinic and their spouse or romantic partner willing to participate
- Both partners must speak, read, and write English
- Couples must be married, living together, or in a relationship for at least 12 months
- At least one partner must report clinically significant relationship distress (score below 104.5 on the Couples Satisfaction Index-32)
- Couples must have internet access sufficient to complete the online program and attend telehealth visits
- Couples must be willing to have telehealth coaching sessions audio-recorded
You will not qualify if you...
- Either partner has an active substance use disorder within the past three months
- Either partner has a diagnosis of psychotic or bipolar disorder with current uncontrolled symptoms
- Either partner has severe cognitive impairment or intellectual disability
- Either partner has experienced severe physical or sexual relationship aggression in the past 12 months
- Either partner has current high-risk suicidal thoughts or behaviors
- Either partner has had suicide-related hospitalizations within the past 12 months
AI-Screening
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
San Diego, California, United States, 92161-0002
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Kayla C Knopp, PhD
CONTACT
L
Leslie A Morland, PsyD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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