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Treating Earthquake in Nepal Trauma (TENT) Trial 2016

NCT02598024 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2015-11-10

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether two types of short-term trauma-focused therapies (individual Narrative Exposure Therapy and group-based Control-Focused Behavioural Treatment) are effective in the treatment of chronic PTSD in earthquake survivors of Nepal.

Conditions

  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative Exposure Therapy

In Narrative Exposure Therapy the patient constructs a narration of his or her life, focusing on the detailed context of the traumatic experiences as well as on the important elements of the emotional networks and how they go together. This process allows the majority of persons to recognise that the fear/trauma structure results from past experiences and that its activation is just a memory. They thus lose the emotional response to the recollection of the traumatic events, which consequently leads to a remission of PTSD symptoms. Thus, they gain access to 'lost' past memories and develop a sense of coherence, control, and integration. Revised Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET-R, Zang et al, 2013) is a 4-session treatment delivered within a week.

BEHAVIORAL

Control Focused Behavioural Treatment

The Control-focused Behavioural Treatment (CFBT, Başoğlu et al 2005) for earthquake survivors was designed after 1999 Turkey earthquake as an intervention to facilitate natural recovery processes by restoring sense of control over anxiety, fear, or distress. Its underlying principle is to reduce helplessness responses by encouraging behaviours that are likely to enhance sense of control over stressor events and life in general. Its primary aim is to reverse traumatic stress processes by increasing anxiety or distress tolerance. In earthquake survivors, CFBT involves a single session in most cases and an additional few sessions in cases that do not respond to the initial session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nepalese Psychological Association

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arun K Jha, FRCPsych · Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, UK

  • Sabitri Sthapit, PhD · Nepalese Psychological Society

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • Nepal

Study Locations

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