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DElivery of Self Training and Education for Stressful Situations-Primary Care Version

NCT01474057 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 133

Last updated 2012-01-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will compare a cognitive-behavioral online self-management intervention designed for primary care treatment of war-related PTSD to a control intervention, "optimized usual primary care PTSD treatment". Patients with PTSD will be trained to use the online PTSD treatment website and asked to do so three times per week for six weeks. They will have phone and email access to a nurse trained to assist them in their treatment program. Three scheduled phone check-ins during the six week treatment period will provide ongoing contact with patients during treatment. The investigators will assess PTSD symptoms, depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms, physical health status and occupational functioning on three occasions: before the intervention, at the end of the treatment period, and six weeks after the end of treatment.

Conditions

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

DESTRESS-PC

An online nurse-assisted, self-management intervention designed for primary care treatment of war-related PTSD, this intervention will consist of 3 weekly logins to a secure website for a period of 6 weeks. A "DESTRESS Nurse" will train the participant to use the website and will monitor their progress and report key information back to the primary care physician.

OTHER

Optimized Usual Primary Care PTSD treatment

Participants receive usual Primary Care treatment that is administered by the primary care physician; the DESTRESS Nurse monitors the participants' progress throughout the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles C. Engel, M.D., M.P.H. · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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