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A Family-based, Resilience-focused Intervention for War-affected Communities in North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

NCT01542398 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 159

Last updated 2018-12-28

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Summary

The main research question of the study is whether a family-based, life-skills focused psychosocial intervention is effective in reducing psychological distress and stigma and improving inter-personal relations and functioning among war-affected children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Conditions

  • Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family-Focused, Community-Based, Resilience-Targetting Psychosocial Intervention

A 12-module manualised intervention focusing on reducing psychological distress, improving family and community functioning and boosting daily functioning of adolescents through the use of Mobile Cinema Screenings and task-based, participatory, group-sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Discover the Journey

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Queen's University, Belfast

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ciarán Shannon, BA, MA, DClin · British Psychological Society (Chartered Clinical Psychologist)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Republic of the Congo

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