GBV, Primary Trauma & Trauma Resilience & Understanding Self-help Therapy Utilization in Uganda

Summary

The goal of this community-based interventional study was to determine the effectiveness of the 'Trauma Resilience \& Understanding Self-help Therapy' (TRUST) in managing domestic violence \& primary trauma among formerly Internally Displaced Persons (fIDPs) in northern Uganda. The main questions it aimed to answer were:

* What was the level of utilization and short-term effects of the TRUST intervention on the experiences of domestic violence and high levels of primary trauma among fIDPs living in northern Uganda who would have been using TRUST within their communities after completing the training in the community-based TRUST utilization?
* What were the clinical indications of the TRUST intervention and psychological operators among fIDPs living in northern Uganda who would have been using TRUST within their communities to manage their experiences of domestic violence and high levels of primary trauma? Participants found to have experienced domestic violence in the last one year and were having high levels of primary trauma were randomly assigned to the intervention group that was trained in the utilization of the TRUST within their communities and then followed up for 12 weeks (TRUST group).

The investigators then compared the results obtained from the TRUST group with those attained from an age and gender cross-matched control group of fIDPs who were not trained in the utilization of the TRUST within their communities (Control group). This was done to see if the community-based utilization of the TRUST intervention changed the levels of primary trauma \& experiences of domestic violence among its users (TRUST group) when compared to the non-users (Control group).

Conditions

• Domestic Violence
• Psychological Distress
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Suicidality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Trauma Resilience & Understanding Self-help Therapy

A self-help psychosocial therapeutic intervention requiring one to undergo a basic training in its community-based utilization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dutch Research Council (WOTRO Impact and Innovation Grants-2020), The Netherlands

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Leiden University

  collaborator OTHER

• Globalization Accessibility Innovation and Care Research Collaborative Network

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Kampala International University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jimmy B Forry, MMed Psych · Kampala International University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

100 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-11-23

Primary Completion

2023-03-31

Completion

2023-03-31

Countries

• Uganda

Study Locations