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CompletedNCT04646642Updated Apr 2, 2021

Psychological Health, Coping Strategies and Preferences of Military COVID-19 Deployers

An observational study in Coping Skills, Healthcare Workers and Covid19, sponsored by David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-02.

Sponsored by David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
21
Sex
All
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Study summary

The proposed research study aims to better understand COVID deployer needs. The study, informally referred to as Project COPE, asks David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center (DGMC) members who deployed in support of COVID-19 operations to complete a needs assessment questionnaire. The purpose of this study is to understand the stressful experiences of our COVID Theater Hospital (CTH) deployers, the typical coping strategies used and recommended preferences for support so that the investigators can provide the best evidence-based resources for post-deployment and to aid future CTH deployers.

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Objective: This study focuses on exploring David Grant USAF Medical deployer psychological status and the coping skills utilized during deployment as well as a needs assessment of preferred coping resources.

Specific Aims:

  • Aim 1: Describe the post-deployment state of psychological health for COVID-19 Theater Hospital (CTH) deployers
  • Aim 2: Identify the deployer identified COVID-19-related stressors reported post deployment
  • Aim 3: Identify coping and cognition regulating strategies used by deployers in response to COVID-19 deployment stressors
  • Aim 4: Identify deployer coping resource preferences for future deployment support packages

Methods: Recruitment of eligible participants will include email invitations, packets with pre-printed needs assessment folders placed next to posters, flyers, and briefing at DGMC events. Eligible participants (n=160) returning from COVID Theater Hospital (CTH) deployment (est. Oct 2020) will receive a needs assessment that includes:

  1. Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) is a 2-item screening tool for depression that uses the first two items from the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Respondents are asked to report symptom frequency ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) for the following questions, "Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems: 1) little interest or pleasure in doing things, and 2) feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?" Total scores exceeding 2 suggest a positive depression screening. Participants who screen positive should be evaluated with the PHQ-9 to identify diagnostic depressive disorder criteria. It is important to note that all CTH deployers will complete a PHQ-9 during their post-deployment health assessment. Construct and criterion validity were established in a sample of 6000 primary care and obstetrics patients where the PHQ-2 score had a sensitivity of ≥ 83% and a specificity of 92% for major depression. A PHQ-2 score of 3 was identified as the optimal cut point as indicated by likelihood ratio and receiver operator characteristic analysis (Kroenke, Spitzer, \& Williams, 2003). This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument.
  2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (GAD-2) is a 2-item screening tool for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The tool asks respondents to report symptom frequency ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) for the following two questions: "Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems:1) Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge, and, 2) Not being able to stop or control worrying?" A total score of 3 points or greater identifies a positive screen and warrants further diagnostic evaluation with the GAD-7 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder criteria. It is important to note that all CTH deployers will complete a GAD-7 during their post-deployment health assessment. The GAD-2 was validated in a randomized sample of 965 primary care patients demonstrating a sensitivity of 86% and specificity of 83% with an 0.908 area under the curve (95% CI) for a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Kroenke, Spitzer, Williams, Monahan, \& Lö, 2007). This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument.
  3. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Addendum for PTSD (PSQI-A) is a 7-item questionnaire used to examine disruptive nocturnal behaviors (hot flashes, nervousness, traumatic memories, anxiety, bad dreams, terror/screaming, acting out dreams) common in adults with PTSD. Response items are endorsed for frequency (not during the past month, less than once a week, once or twice a week, three or more times a week). Good internal consistency and convergent validity were demonstrated with anxiety, depression, sleep quality, combat exposure, and PTSD symptoms. The PSQI-A had a Cronbach's #= 0.72 and an average inter-item correlation r = 0.44 (range 0.27-0.57) with the PSQI-A total score. Area under the curve was 0.81, for a cut point ≥ 4 resulting in 71% sensitivity, 82% specificity, and 60% positive and 83% negative predictive value for clinically diagnostic PTSD purposes and a 74% correct classification (Insana, Hall, Buysse, \& Germain, 2013). Sleep disturbances reflect a core dysfunction underlying PTSD. The PSQI-A is a valid instrument for PTSD applicable to both clinical and research settings.It is important to note that all CTH deployers will complete a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder screening during the post-deployment health assessment.
  4. Deployer Identified COVID-19 Stressors. Currently there are no valid and reliable instruments specific to COVID-19 distress. Given this is a novel pandemic, investigators requested deployers to list top 3 stressors experienced during deployment. Participants rated listed items as: 1-no distress, 2-mildy distressing, 3-distressing 4-very distressing, and 5-extremely distressing.
  5. The Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE) is a 28-item multidimensional measure of 14 strategies (humor, positive reframing, acceptance, active coping, planning, behavioral disengagement, self-distraction, substance use, denial, self-blame, venting, emotional support, instrumental support, religion) used for coping or regulating cognitions in response to stressors. This abbreviated inventory (based on the complete 60-item COPE Inventory) is comprised of items that assess the frequency with which a person uses different coping strategies rated on a scale from 0-"I haven't been doing this at all" to 4-"I've been doing this a lot." (Amoyal et al., 2011). Investigators eliminated two items that deal with drugs and alcohol to maintain the eligibility of exempt protocol status.
  6. COVID-19 Coping Strategy and Resource Inventory is an 18-item resource inventory developed by the DGMC research team to assess preferred strategic resources to manage COVID-19-related stressors. The inventory includes 5 categories of coping resources: 1) interactive [exercise, spiritual, social, mental health visit], 2) self-help videos/webinars, 3) mobile applications, 4) electronic toolkits, 5) podcasts.
  7. Demographic questionnaire includes 10 questions regarding individual deployer sex, COVID-19 risk status, mental health risk status, COVID-19 risk status of any family members at home, years of experience in current occupation and specific healthcare role, typical work setting at DGMC, any recent deployments

Study participation will occur through a single collection of anonymous self-report measures using paper pencil which will be completed with an anticipated time burden of under 15 minutes (based on preliminary practice trials) and returned to locked drop-boxes strategically placed on four inpatient/outpatient areas.

Results: Findings will inform the development of a DGMC COVID-19 healthcare worker psychological coping and well-being toolkit.

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Conditions studied

  • Coping Skills
  • Healthcare Workers
  • Covid19

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In context

COVID-19

7,775 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 482 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 21 is below the median of 260 across 3,188 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Active duty healthcare workers assigned to David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center (DGMC) who deployed in July 2020, under the command of Col Justin Nast and the COVID Theater Hospital (CTH), in support of 8 civilian California hospitals.

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Inclusion criteria

  • The eligible participant group includes David Grant United States Air Force (USAF) Medical Center Active Duty personnel:

    1. Medical technicians (4N)
    2. Liaison officers (LNO's)
    3. Nurses
    4. Physician assistants
    5. Advanced practice nurses
    6. Respiratory therapists
    7. Psychologists
    8. Social workers
    9. Chaplains
    10. Physicians

  • Deployed in July 2020, under the command of Col Justin Nast and the COVID Theater Hospital (CTH) in support of the following civilian facilities:

    1. Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital, Lodi, CA
    2. Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA
    3. Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA
    4. Kaweah Delta Health Care, Visalia, CA
    5. Adventist Health Dameron Hospital, Stockton, CA
    6. Adventist Health Hanford, Hanford, CA
    7. Los Angeles County-University of Southern California (LA County-USC) Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    8. Harbor-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Activated guard, reserve, or civilian healthcare deployers in support of COVID-19
  • Active duty healthcare deployers from MTF's other than DGMC in support of California (CA) civilian hospitals other than the eight facilities named in the above inclusion criteria.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
21 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Positive Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2)

    Describe the frequencies of positive screen for depression based on total score \>/= 3 on PHQ-2. The PHQ-2 is a 2-item screening tool for depression that uses first 2 items from PHQ-9. Scale 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), 0 is better and 3 worse. Total scores exceeding 2 suggest a positive depression screening. This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  2. Positive PHQ-2 + High risk COVID physical condition

    Describe the frequencies and percentages of positive screened PHQ-2 individuals who also responded YES for self-reported high-risk COVID physical conditions on demographic questionnaire. The PHQ-2 is a 2-item screening tool for depression that uses first 2 items from PHQ-9. Scale 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), 0 is better and 3 worse. Total scores exceeding 2 suggest a positive depression screening. This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument. The demographic questionnaire consist of 10 questions, one is COVID-19 risk status. A YES response to "Do you have any underlying physical health conditions that place you in a high-risk COVID category would be included in this measure.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  3. Positive PHQ-2 + pre-existing mental health conditions

    Describe the frequencies and percentages of positive screened PHQ-2 individuals who also responded YES for self-reported pre-existing mental health conditions on demographic questionnaire. The PHQ-2 is a 2-item screening tool for depression that uses first 2 items from PHQ-9. Scale 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), 0 is better and 3 worse. Total scores exceeding 2 suggest a positive depression screening. This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument. The demographic questionnaire consist of 10 questions, one is mental health risk status. A YES response to "Do you have any underlying mental health concerns (anxiety, depression, difficulty sleeping, etc.), or have you visited a mental health professional in the past 6 months?" would be included in this measure.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  4. Positive Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (GAD-2)

    Describe the frequencies of positive screen for depression based on total score \>/= 3 on GAD-2. The GAD-2 is a 2-item screening tool for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Scale 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), 0 is better and 3 worse. A total score of 3 points or greater identifies a positive screen and warrants further diagnostic evaluation with GAD-7 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder criteria. This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  5. Positive GAD-2 + High risk COVID physical condition

    Describe the frequencies and percentages of positive screened GAD-2 individuals who also responded YES for self-reported high-risk COVID physical conditions on demographic questionnaire. The GAD-2 is a 2-item screening tool for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Scale 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), 0 is better and 3 worse. A total score of 3 points or greater identifies a positive screen and warrants further diagnostic evaluation with GAD-7 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder criteria. This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument. The demographic questionnaire consist of 10 questions, one is COVID-19 risk status. A YES response to "Do you have any underlying physical health conditions that place you in a high-risk COVID category would be included in this measure.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  6. Positive GAD-2 + pre-existing mental health conditions

    Describe the frequencies and percentages of positive screened GAD-2 individuals who also responded YES for self-reported pre-existing mental health conditions on demographic questionnaire. The GAD-2 is a 2-item screening tool for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Scale 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), 0 is better and 3 worse. A total score of 3 points or greater identifies a positive screen and warrants further diagnostic evaluation with GAD-7 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder criteria. This tool provides a brief, practical, valid, and reliable screening instrument. The demographic questionnaire consist of 10 questions, one is mental health risk status. A YES response to "Do you have any underlying mental health concerns (anxiety, depression, difficulty sleeping, etc.), or have you visited a mental health professional in the past 6 months?" would be included in this measure.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  7. Positive Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Addendum for PTSD (PSQI-A)

    Describe the frequencies of positive screen for depression based on total score \> 4 on PSQI-A. The PSQI-A is a 7-item questionnaire used to examine disruptive nocturnal behaviors common in adults with PTSD. Response items are endorsed for frequency. Scale 0 (not during the past month) to 4 (3 or more times a week), 0 is better and 4 worse. The PSQI-A is a valid instrument for PTSD applicable to both clinical and research settings.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  8. Positive PSQI-A + High risk COVID physical condition

    Describe the frequencies and percentages of positive screened PSQI-A individuals who also responded YES for self-reported high-risk COVID physical conditions on demographic questionnaire. The PSQI-A is a 7-item questionnaire used to examine disruptive nocturnal behaviors common in adults with PTSD. Response items are endorsed for frequency. Scale 0 (not during the past month) to 4 (3 or more times a week), 0 is better and 4 worse. The PSQI-A is a valid instrument for PTSD applicable to both clinical and research settings. The demographic questionnaire consist of 10 questions, one is COVID-19 risk status. A YES response to "Do you have any underlying physical health conditions that place you in a high-risk COVID category would be included in this measure.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  9. Positive PSQI-A + pre-existing mental health conditions

    Describe the frequencies and percentages of positive screened PSQI-A individuals who also responded YES for self-reported pre-existing mental health conditions on demographic questionnaire. The PSQI-A is a 7-item questionnaire used to examine disruptive nocturnal behaviors common in adults with PTSD by frequency. Scale 0 (not during the past month) to 4 (3 or more times a week), 0 is better and 4 worse. The demographic questionnaire consist of 10 questions, one is mental health risk status. A YES response to "Do you have any underlying mental health concerns (anxiety, depression, difficulty sleeping, etc.), or have you visited a mental health professional in the past 6 months?" would be included in this measure.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  10. Deployer Identified COVID-19 Stressors

    Describe the severity of deployer identified COVID-19 stressors. A tool that requests deployers to list top 3 stressors experienced during deployment. Participants rated listed items as: 1-no distress, 2-mildly distressing, 3-distressing, 4- very distressing, and 5-extremely distressing. Scale 0 (no distress) to 5 (extremely distressing), 0 is better and 5 worse.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  11. Positive Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE)

    Describe the prevalence of positive coping strategies by percentage based on scores \>/= 3 (3-I've been doing this medium amount; 4-I've been doing this a lot) for items targeting: humor, positive reframing, acceptance, active coping, planning, emotional support, instrumental support, religion. The Brief COPE is a 28-item multidimensional measure of 14 strategies (those above, as well as, behavioral disengagement, self-distraction, substance use, denial, self-blame, venting) used for coping or regulating cognitions in response to stressors. This abbreviated inventory (based on the complete 60-item COPE Inventory) is comprised of items that assess the frequency with which a person uses different coping strategies rated on a scale from 0-"I haven't been doing this at all" to 4-"I've been doing this a lot." (Amoyal et al., 2011). 4 is better and 0 worse. Two items related to drugs and alcohol were eliminated to maintain the eligibility of exempt protocol status

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  12. Negative Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE)

    Describe the prevalence of negative coping strategies by percentage based on scores \>/= 3 (3-I've been doing this medium amount; 4-I've been doing this a lot) for items targeting: behavioral disengagement, self-distraction, substance use, denial, self-blame, venting. The Brief COPE is a 28-item multidimensional measure of 14 strategies (those above, as well as, humor, positive reframing, acceptance, active coping, planning, emotional support, instrumental support, religion) used for coping or regulating cognitions in response to stressors. This abbreviated inventory (based on the complete 60-item COPE Inventory) is comprised of items that assess the frequency with which a person uses different coping strategies rated on a scale from 0-"I haven't been doing this at all" to 4-"I've been doing this a lot." (Amoyal et al., 2011). 0 is better and 4 worse. Two items related to drugs and alcohol were eliminated to maintain the eligibility of exempt protocol status

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  13. COVID-19 Coping Strategy and Resource Inventory

    Describe the frequency of preferred coping resources using the COVID-19 Coping Strategy and Resource Inventory. This is an 18-item resource inventory developed by our DGMC research team to assess preferred strategic resources to manage COVID-19-related stressors. The inventory includes 5 categories of coping resources: 1) interactive \[exercise, spiritual, social, mental health visit\], 2) self-help videos/webinars, 3) mobile applications, 4) electronic toolkits, 5) podcasts

    Time frame: 1-2 months

  14. Demographic questionnaire

    Describe the demographic characteristics of the respondents using the demographic questionnaire. These are 10 questions regarding individual deployer sex, COVID-19 risk status, mental health risk status, COVID-19 risk status of any family members at home, years of experience in current occupation and specific healthcare role, typical work setting at DGMC, any recent deployments.

    Time frame: 1-2 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • David Grant Medical Center (DGMC)
    Travis Air Force Base, California 94535, United States
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Dec 2020 to primary completion in Feb 2021, 1 month.

Of 1,625 non-industry observational studies under COVID-19, half reached primary completion within 14 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29. This study's 1 month is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,750 studies reached it within 13 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 25, 2020
First posted
Nov 30, 2020
StartActual
Dec 14, 2020
Primary completionActual
Feb 1, 2021
CompletionActual
Feb 1, 2021
Last update
Apr 2, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 2, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04646642
Lead sponsor
David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center
Responsible party
Amanda Fox (Clinical Inquiry in Nursing Readiness Fellow, David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 30, 2020
Start date
Dec 14, 2020
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2021
Completion
Feb 1, 2021
Last update
Apr 2, 2021

Study contacts

Amanda A Fox, MSN
principal investigator · David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base
Laurie A Migliore, PhD
principal investigator · David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

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