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National Fallen Firefighter Foundation's (NFFF) Stress First Aid Intervention

NCT05931523 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 659

Last updated 2023-07-10

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Summary

Purpose \& Aims: Behavioral health interventions implemented to mitigate negative outcomes linked to trauma in the fire service have had limited or iatrogenic effects on firefighters. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the national fire service community have invested considerable resources developing a new behavioral health model to address exposure to traumatic events. The proposed randomized controlled trial will be the first to determine the efficacy of the NFFF's Consensus Protocol on Firefighter Behavioral Health Stress First Aid Intervention (SFAI), as well as evaluating its implementation and acceptability.

Relevance: The SFAI was the result of one of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives developed in consultation with the leading fire service organizations in the United States and experts from the traumatic stress research community. Failing to effectively address grief and trauma incidents or symptoms can have devastating effects for firefighters, fire departments, and families. The SFAI was developed to be the national model of trauma intervention to ensure that evidence-based cost-effective care is available to all firefighters.

Methods: Using a cluster randomized clinical trial design (CRCT), experienced scientists and fire service personnel will evaluate the implementation, acceptability, and initial efficacy of the SFAI compared with usual care (i.e., delayed intervention) with 10 fire departments (8 Career, 2 Volunteer) located across the country. Study outcomes include measures assessing implementation of SFAI components, acceptability among firefighters and department leadership, changes in knowledge about and self-efficacy for managing trauma, changes in department morale, and individual firefighter behavioral health outcomes such as symptoms of PTSD and personal growth through coping with traumatic events.

Projected Results \& Conclusions: Findings will provide the empirical basis for the newly developed SFAI.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Issue

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Stress First Aid

The focus of the model is ongoing monitoring of stress in personnel, wide spread training to help personnel recognize peers or subordinates who may need additional assistance, a spectrum of one-on-one interventions, and the ability to provide personnel higher levels of care when indicated.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NDRI-USA, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-10-31

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