Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) for Victims of the Recent Flood Disaster in Burundi

NCT ID: NCT02172066

Last Updated: 2015-07-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 51 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2015-05-31

Brief Summary

In the aftermath of natural disasters, e.g., flood disasters, there is a great need for humanitarian assistance in the domain of psychological support. This is particularly true in post-conflict settings because people have suffered severely from multiple traumatic events and situations during their lives. The Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a short-term, culturally sensitive treatment approach that aims to reduce Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

The investigators want to provide evidence, that NET is an effective and efficient module to assist people in the aftermath of natural disasters using the example of the recent flood disaster in Burundi. In addition the investigators aim to explore, how traumatic incidences and maltreatment during childhood may influence treatment outcomes.

Conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

During NET, the client, with the assistance of the therapist, constructs a chronological narrative of his or her entire life with a focus on exposure to traumatic stress. Empathic understanding, active listening, congruency and unconditional positive regard are key components of the therapist's behavior. The therapist asks in detail for emotions, cognitions, sensory information, and physiological reactions to link the traumatic events to an autobiographical context, namely time and place. In total the Individuals receive 6 sessions of NET, every session lasting between 1,5 and 2 hr depending on the needs of the participant.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

No treatment control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals severely affected (e.g., who had lost their children) by the flood disaster in Bujumbura
• All participants were part of the emergency program of the Red Cross Burundi who assisted those most affected by the flood disaster in Bujumbura

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• Current substance dependence
• Psychotic symptoms

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Vivo international e.V.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Université Lumière de Bujumbura

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Konstanz

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Anselm Crombach

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Anselm Crombach, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Konstanz

Locations

vivo international e.V.; University Lumière de Bujumbura; Red Cross Burundi

Bujumbura, , Burundi

Countries

Burundi

Other Identifiers

UKCR2014

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id