Psychological DistressRESULT-NGNCT07203170
Evaluation of the Readiness Supportive Leadership Training - National Guard
A study testing Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG) in people with Psychological Distress and Anger Problems, run by Oregon Health and Science University.
Trial summary
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate an intervention aimed at increasing the support leaders in the National Guard provide to their subordinates to promote mental health and well-being and reduce risk factors. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 89 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Psychological Distress, Anger Problems, Loneliness
- What is being tested?
- Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 5,400 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Feb 2026to 30 Jun 2029
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 89 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18 years of age (adults)
- Employed as a member of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG), including Title 5 and 32 civilians, or is a spouse/partner of an ORNG service member married or cohabitating with the SM for 6 months or more
Who cannot join
- Under 18 years of age
- Not employed as a member of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG), including Title 5 and 32 civilians, or is a spouse/partner of an ORNG service member married or cohabitating with the SM for less than 6 months
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
Official title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Leadership Training for Preventing Risk Factors and Promoting Protective Factors Contributing to Psychological Health
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate an intervention aimed at increasing the support leaders in the National Guard provide to their subordinates to promote mental health and well-being and reduce risk factors. Survey data will be collected from leaders, service members (SMs) and spouse/partners to evaluate the training effectiveness.
The primary objective of the trial is to demonstrate efficacy in the NG, including effects on leaders, SMs, and spouse/partners on the following outcomes:
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H1: Leaders in the intervention group will demonstrate significant improvements in digital learning effects from pre-test to post-test.
H2: The intervention will significantly decrease SM and Leader reports of problematic anger, loneliness, and psychological distress 6-months and then 12-months post-baseline.
H3: Spouses/partners of SMs in the intervention group will report decreases in problematic anger, loneliness, and psychological distress at 6 and 12 months.
Researchers will compare those in the training intervention group to a wait-list control group.
The leadership training builds on a training evaluated in a previous RCT (NCT04152824) adapting from active duty Army to National Guard, including Air NG, and adding an additional facilitated session component. The intervention will include: (1) a 1-hour digital learning utilizing an interactive and self-paced computer-based training, (2) an behavior tracking exercise, and (3) a 1-hour facilitated session, approximately one month later.
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Anger Problems, Loneliness
- Being tested
- Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG)
- Keywords
- Military, Psychological health, Problematic anger, Leadership, Resilience, Training intervention
- Medical subject headings
- Psychological Well-Being
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG)Behavioural
RESULT-NG is a multi-level intervention where leaders receive the training intervention, with evaluation of effects at the subordinate, leader and spouse levels.
RESULT-NG consists of three distinct but related components: 1) a 60-minute, multimedia, interactive digital-learning training session, 2) a two-week behavior tracking exercise that takes less than 2 minutes/day after the digital learning to put what was learned into practice, and 3) a 60-minute facilitated session, either in person or virtual, with trained staff embedded within the National Guard.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership Training Intervention | Experimental | Includes leaders, service members, and their spouse/partners where applicable whose units were randomized to receive the RESULT-NG training Receives: Behavioral: Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG) |
| Wait-list Control | No intervention | The Waitlist Control Arm serves as a delayed start arm. During months 0-15, the waitlist control arm acts as usual practice/no intervention comparator. During months 16-21 (i.e. after final data collection), the waitlist control warm will receive the intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Dimensions of Anger (DAR-5)
Each item in the scale uses a 5-point Likert scale (1 = none of the time, 2 = a little of the time, 3 = some of the time, 4 = most of the time, and 5 = all of the time). A cutoff score of 8 or greater on the DAR-3 is considered indicative of problematic anger and shows optimal sensitivity and specificity.
Measured: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Depression Subscale- Primary Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Nine item questionnaire based on the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in the DSM-5. Each question is scored on a scale of 0 to 3, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.
Measured: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Brief Loneliness Scale
3-item scale. Responses are summed to calculate a total score between 3 and 9. Lower scores (3-5) indicate less loneliness, while higher scores (6-9) suggest more significant feelings of loneliness.
Measured: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Oct 2025
- Study startFeb 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionNov 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Jun 2029 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Psychological DistressStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Oregon Health and Science UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- This clinical trial uses a cluster-randomized Type I Hybrid design at the military unit level, with a wait-list control group.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 5,400 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Leslie Hammer, Oregon Health and Science University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07203170
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HT9425-25-1-0668
- Acronym
- RESULT-NG
- Status last verified
- Sep 2025
- First submitted
- 24 Sep 2025
- Last updated
- 2 Oct 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: All deidentified IPD collected throughout the trial.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Oct 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Leadership Training for Preventing Risk Factors and Promoting Protective Factors Contributing to Psychological Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07203170
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- RESULT-NG / HT9425-25-1-0668
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Anger Problems, Loneliness
- Keywords
- Military, Psychological health, Problematic anger, Leadership, Resilience, Training intervention
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 5,400 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Feb 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Nov 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Jun 2029 (estimated)
- First posted
- 2 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate an intervention aimed at increasing the support leaders in the National Guard provide to their subordinates to promote mental health and well-being and reduce risk factors. Survey data will be collected from leaders, service members (SMs) and spouse/partners to evaluate the training effectiveness.
The primary objective of the trial is to demonstrate efficacy in the NG, including effects on leaders, SMs, and spouse/partners on the following outcomes:
H1: Leaders in the intervention group will demonstrate significant improvements in digital learning effects from pre-test to post-test.
H2: The intervention will significantly decrease SM and Leader reports of problematic anger, loneliness, and psychological distress 6-months and then 12-months post-baseline.
H3: Spouses/partners of SMs in the intervention group will report decreases in problematic anger, loneliness, and psychological distress at 6 and 12 months.
Researchers will compare those in the training intervention group to a wait-list control group.
The leadership training builds on a training evaluated in a previous RCT (NCT04152824) adapting from active duty Army to National Guard, including Air NG, and adding an additional facilitated session component. The intervention will include: (1) a 1-hour digital learning utilizing an interactive and self-paced computer-based training, (2) an behavior tracking exercise, and (3) a 1-hour facilitated session, approximately one month later.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- This clinical trial uses a cluster-randomized Type I Hybrid design at the military unit level, with a wait-list control group.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership Training Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG)Includes leaders, service members, and their spouse/partners where applicable whose units were randomized to receive the RESULT-NG training |
| Wait-list Control | No intervention | –The Waitlist Control Arm serves as a delayed start arm. During months 0-15, the waitlist control arm acts as usual practice/no intervention comparator. During months 16-21 (i.e. after final data collection), the waitlist control warm will receive the intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 89 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- 18 years of age (adults)
- Employed as a member of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG), including Title 5 and 32 civilians, or is a spouse/partner of an ORNG service member married or cohabitating with the SM for 6 months or more
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Under 18 years of age
- Not employed as a member of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG), including Title 5 and 32 civilians, or is a spouse/partner of an ORNG service member married or cohabitating with the SM for less than 6 months
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG)RESULT-NG is a multi-level intervention where leaders receive the training intervention, with evaluation of effects at the subordinate, leader and spouse levels. RESULT-NG consists of three distinct but related components: 1) a 60-minute, multimedia, interactive digital-learning training session, 2) a two-week behavior tracking exercise that takes less than 2 minutes/day after the digital learning to put what was learned into practice, and 3) a 60-minute facilitated session, either in person or virtual, with trained staff embedded within the National Guard. | Behavioural | Leadership Training Intervention |
Primary outcome
Dimensions of Anger (DAR-5)
Time frame: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Each item in the scale uses a 5-point Likert scale (1 = none of the time, 2 = a little of the time, 3 = some of the time, 4 = most of the time, and 5 = all of the time). A cutoff score of 8 or greater on the DAR-3 is considered indicative of problematic anger and shows optimal sensitivity and specificity.
Depression Subscale- Primary Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Time frame: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Nine item questionnaire based on the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in the DSM-5. Each question is scored on a scale of 0 to 3, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.
Brief Loneliness Scale
Time frame: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months.
3-item scale. Responses are summed to calculate a total score between 3 and 9. Lower scores (3-5) indicate less loneliness, while higher scores (6-9) suggest more significant feelings of loneliness.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Oct 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. All deidentified IPD collected throughout the trial.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Readiness Supportive Leadership Training for the National Guard (RESULT-NG) in people with Psychological Distress and Anger Problems, run by Oregon Health and Science University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Oct 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Krista Brockwood, PhD (15034759591, brockwoo@ohsu.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Dimensions of Anger (DAR-5) (time frame: 0 months, 6 months, and 12 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Oct 2025.