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A Simple Cognitive Task to Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks After a Road Traffic Accident

NCT02080351 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2015-06-01

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Summary

This research study is designed to investigate the effects of a simple cognitive task (a memory reactivation cue following by playing the computer game "Tetris") on flashbacks and other post-traumatic stress symptoms after a road traffic accident. Patients presenting to a hospital emergency department soon after a road traffic accident will be randomly allocated to either the simple cognitive task intervention or usual care. Participants will be followed up at one week and one month. It is predicted that participants given the simple cognitive task intervention will develop fewer flashbacks and less severe clinical symptoms than those who are not. This will inform the potential future development of a simple technique to prevent distressing psychological symptoms after a traumatic event.

Conditions

  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Simple cognitive task

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lalitha Iyadurai · University of Oxford

  • Emily A Holmes · MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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