Prevention of Intrusive Memories and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms After Emergency Cesarean Section

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

56 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-06-30

Study Completion Date

2015-10-31

Brief Summary

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This pilot study aims to investigate the effects of a brief computerized intervention (the computer game "Tetris") on intrusive memories and other posttraumatic stress symptoms following an emergency cesarean section. Patients who have undergone an emergency cesarian section will be randomly allocated to either the brief computerized intervention or usual care within the first 6 hours following the operation. Participants will be followed up at one week and one month. It is predicted that participants given the brief computerized intervention will develop fewer intrusive memories and less severe clinical symptoms than those who are not. This will inform the potential future development of a simple computerized intervention to prevent distressing psychological symptoms after a traumatic event such as an emergency cesarean section.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Acute Stress Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Brief computerized intervention (computer game "Tetris") plus usual care in the maternity department and completion of intrusive memory diary

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief computerized intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Computer game "Tetris"

Control

Usual care in the maternity department plus completion of intrusive memory diary

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Brief computerized intervention

Computer game "Tetris"

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female, aged 18+ years
* Had emergency caesarean section within the past 6 hours
* Have given birth to a live baby at ≥ 37 weeks gestation

Exclusion Criteria

* Do not speak French sufficiently well to participate in assessments
* Have established intellectual disability or psychotic illness
* Baby was transferred to intensive care unit after the birth

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No