RAC Pilot - The Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Brief Preventive Intervention Following Psychological Trauma

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

In brief

The investigators proposed to compare a modified Prolonged Exposure intervention to treatment as usual within a hospitalized injured trauma survivor sample, to determine with this intervention could prevent the development of PTSD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04026373

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

74

Starts

2016-03-08

Expected to finish

2018-10-17

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All consecutive motor vehicle crash (MVC), industrial accident, and physical assault trauma survivors (i.e. victims of gunshot wounds, stab wounds), ages 18-75, to include both men and women, without evidence of serious cognitive impairment, admitted to the trauma surgery service at Froedtert Hospital beginning at the start of the funding period will be considered for recruitment.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals who:
• have evidence of moderate to severe cognitive impairment secondary to trauma-related head injury,
• have self-inflicted injury,
• are more than 2 weeks post-trauma,
• do not meet the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic stressor for PTSD,
• screen positive for a current substance abuse problem ((i.e. intoxication and memory loss upon arrival or a current substance use diagnosis),
• are non-English speaking,
• are not medically stable,
• cannot identify a support person to attend a session with them
• do not score a 2 or more on the 5-item PTSD subscale of the 9-item screen.

Where it is running

• Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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