None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluated whether Attention Control Training could improve frontline police officers’ ability to focus their attention and resilience. This project randomised 470 police officers to participate in two versions of Attention Control Training. Participants completed a 7-minute computer task in which they indicate the location of a target that is positioned in the place of an angry or neutral face. It was hypothesized that Attention Control Training would lead to greater situational awareness and less posttraumatic stress.
Interventions
Attention Control Training aims to improve people's capacity to control their attentional focus. It involves once-weekly for 4 weeks and comprises 7 minutes per session. It will be administered via computer and is self-administered in police stations. This computer session requires participants to indicate on a keyboard the location of a probe stimulus. Prior to each stimulus an angry or neutral face appeared on the computer screen, and the probe appears in the position of the angry and neutral
Attention Control Training aims to improve people's capacity to control their attentional focus. It involves once-weekly for 4 weeks and comprises 7 minutes per session. It will be administered via computer and is self-administered in police stations. This computer session requires participants to indicate on a keyboard the location of a probe stimulus. Prior to each stimulus an angry or neutral face appeared on the computer screen, and the probe appears in the position of the angry and neutral face with equal probability. Participants are required to indicate using the keyboard the location of the probe. Adherence to the program is automatically checked by the computer program assessing accuracy of choosing the correct key on the keyboard. The duration of the study for any participant will conclude after a follow-up assessment 12 weeks after the program, resulting in participation duration of 16 weeks.
Sponsors
NSW Police Force
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Member of NSW Police Force
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed