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Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Trained Lay Counsellors in an African Refugee Settlement

NCT ID: NCT00550056

Last Updated: 2007-10-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

277 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-01-31

Study Completion Date

2004-04-30

Brief Summary

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The study is a pragmatic trial to study the efficacy of two active methods of psychotherapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in a refugee camp in Africa. Treatment was administered by lay counsellors.

Detailed Description

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Traumatic stress due to conflict and war causes major mental health problems in many resource-poor countries, especially those coping with displaced populations. There is a lack of intervention research in these populations.

Te purpose of this study was to examine whether trained lay counsellors can carry out effective treatment of PTSD in a refugee settlement.

Conditions

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Keywords

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PTSD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, refugees, war

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

NET

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Narrative Exposure Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Six session of Narrative Exposure Therapy

2

TC

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Trauma Counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Six sessions of Trauma Counselling, using a variety of skills incl. exposure methods following the skills of the therapist

3

Monitoring Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Narrative Exposure Therapy

Six session of Narrative Exposure Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Trauma Counselling

Six sessions of Trauma Counselling, using a variety of skills incl. exposure methods following the skills of the therapist

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder

Exclusion Criteria

* Drug abuse
* Psychosis
* Mental retardation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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German Research Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Konstanz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Thomas Elbert, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Konstanz

Locations

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Nakivale Refugee Camp

Mbarara, Mbarara, Uganda

Site Status

Countries

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Uganda

Other Identifiers

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NeEl-Ug-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id