Preventing Long Term Psychiatric Disability Among Those With Major Burn Injuries

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Mood Disorders, Sleep Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed, brief cognitive behavioral intervention, relative to supportive counseling, is effective in reducing acute stress disorder (ASD) and preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00988104

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

60

Starts

2007-10-16

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 to 70 years old
• acute burn injury
• exceeding criteria on screening instrument at baseline (in-hospital prior to treatment): Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS score ≥ 37: acute posttrauma distress).

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18 or greater than 70 years
• Presence of a significant cognitive / neurological or psychiatric condition precluding informed consent (e.g., psychosis, acute suicidality)
• Inability to communicate in English
• intubated or sedated

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Burn Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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